Immunotherapy is increasingly becoming standard therapy in cancer, with technology, such as checkpoint inhibitors and cell ...

In recent years growing attention has been directed towards the molecular mechanisms that are shared by the nervous and immune systems ... unexpected role for complement proteins, more usually ...

Your immune system protects you, but sometimes it overreacts. Learn how to recognize the signs and regain balance.

BTLA and HVEM form a protein complex as they interact with each other to influence the intensity of an immune system response. Scientists have shown that the ratio of these freestanding proteins ...

A new paper by a team of Concordia researchers from the departments of Biology and Physics proposes a novel method of fighting cancer tumors that uses ultrasound-guided microbubbles—a technology ...

Though every patient’s cancer is unique, one common feature is that their T cells become exhausted and peppered with checkpoint proteins. 2 These proteins turn off the immune system and prevent it ...