Immunology

Specific immune cells, known as T lymphocytes, have to be activated so that the body can develop long-term protection against...

Researchers at UC Davis have made some surprising discoveries about the body’s initial responses to HIV infection. Studying simian immunodeficiency...

A laboratory study led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes...

A single factor can reset the immune system of mice to a state likely similar to what it was 500...

Bacteria’s ability to destroy viruses has long puzzled scientists, but researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...

When faced with pathogens, the immune system summons a swarm of cells made up of soldiers and peacekeepers. The peacekeeping...

One of the human body’s first responses to a viral infection is to make and release signaling proteins called interferons,...

Researchers at the University of Bonn Hospital discover how our organism definitively detects RNA viruses Our immunosensory system detects virus...

Treatment of HIV patients co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with an anti-retroviral drug therapy not only tackles HIV,...

A type of immune cell widely believed to exacerbate chronic adult brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis...

Yuet Wai Kan of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues have created HIV-resistant white blood cells by editing...

In the first evidence of a natural intervention triggering stem cell-based regeneration of an organ or system, a study in...

A multi-center phase I study using an investigational drug for advanced bladder cancer patients who did not respond to other...

Pathogens entering our body only remain unnoticed for a short period. Within minutes our immune cells detect the invader and...

For the first time researchers have succeeded in altering HIV virus particles so that they can simultaneously, as it were,...

A vaccine or other therapy directed at a single site on a surface protein of HIV could in principle neutralize...

Researchers have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the knowledge to develop a...

New atlas of molecules paves the way for improved understanding of metabolic diseases. In the most comprehensive exploration of the...

Researchers have identified several target molecules which are suitable for the development of new allergy drugs. The Journal of Allergy...

Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn...