The vaccines’ effect on inflammation-promoting cells might help to explain why the jabs protect against severe disease.

Examination of the mucosal immune system as a global organ, rather than as a group of individual components, will identify and characterize relationships between mucosal sites. The term 'common ...

New research has identified crucial components and mechanisms of the plant immune system, potentially helping to develop strategies against pathogens.

Researchers can use humanized immune system (HIS) mice that have been engrafted with functional human immune system components to directly analyze the development and function of the human immune ...

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after ...

we still surprisingly know relatively little about how the specific components pf smoke affect our immune system and how they impact multiple parts of the human body.” As part of their reported ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

we still surprisingly know relatively little about how the specific components pf smoke affect our immune system and how they impact multiple parts of the human body,” Professor Fairlie said.

The core components of CRISPR-based genome-editing ... to mask them from the immune system. The team identified protein sequences on each nuclease that trigger the immune system and used ...

Checkpoint inhibitor drugs work by blocking protein receptors that regulate the activity of T cells and other immune system components, thus boosting these cells’ antitumor activity. Bristol-Myers ...

we still surprisingly know relatively little about how the specific components pf smoke affect our immune system and how they impact multiple parts of the human body," Professor Fairlie said.

A new advance may make it possible to use off-the-shelf CAR T cells provided by healthy donors. The new approach studied in mice equipped CAR T cells with the viral protein Nef.