Immunology

Cells have to protect themselves: against damage in their genetic material for one thing, but also against attack from the...

A new study led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has painted a clearer picture...

Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found...

Sometimes a full-on assault isn't the best approach when dealing with a powerful enemy. A more effective approach, in the...

A study tracing the evolution of HIV in North America involving researchers at Simon Fraser University has found evidence that...

Scientists have uncovered a new way the immune system may fight cancers and viral infections. The finding could aid efforts...

A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against...

T-cells are the body’s sentinels, patrolling every corner of the body in search of foreign threats such as bacteria and...

A major discovery that brings a new drug target to the increasingly exciting landscape of cancer immunotherapy was published yesterday...

Prisoners with HIV fare well with treatment during incarceration, a Yale study has found. The authors write that, with the...

An international team of researchers including University of Melbourne staff has identified the exact biochemical key that awakes the body’s...

The code for every gene includes a message at the end of it that signals the translation machinery to stop....

Plans for a new type of DNA vaccine to protect against the deadly HIV and Hepatitis C viruses have taken...

Eyal Amiel didn't think he wanted to study immunology, let alone make a career of it. But as co-author of...

The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at the Université de Montréal (UdeM), in collaboration with the Maisonneuve-Rosemont...

Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills...

Researchers at Princeton University have discovered the 3D structure of an enzyme that cuts to ribbons the genetic material of...

Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to...

Researchers in Bern have discovered that, during a viral infection, immune cells control the blood stem cells in the bone...

A commonly-used HIV drug has been shown to kill-off the human papilloma virus (HPV) that leads to cervical cancer in...