Immunology

To help people with hormone deficiencies, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a potential new therapy based...

Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio....

The thousands of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules present in each cell are known primarily for their role converting food and...

A team of international scientists has discovered a new mechanism by which immune cells in the skin function act as...

Drugs for HIV have become adept at suppressing infection, but they still can’t eliminate it. That’s because the medication in...

Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is...

New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that...

Scientists had known that the immune cells may help ward off obesity in mice. The new findings are the first...

Neutrophils, cells recruited by the immune system to fight infection, need to move through a great variety of tissues. New...

A Yale University lab has crafted the first synthetic molecules that have both the targeting and response functions of antibodies....

Examination of DNA from 21 primate species – from squirrel monkeys to humans – exposes an evolutionary war against infectious...

The nervous system may play a bigger role in infections and autoimmune diseases than previously known. If researchers can learn...

US researchers have revealed the identity of molecules on the surface of cancer cells which allow the body's immune system...

When a viral infection spread through five genetically identical mice in a row, the virus replicated faster and became more...