Immunology

A special kind of immune cell serves as an intermediary between gut bacteria and the brain. Dr. Susanne Wolf of...

The conventional wisdom about cancer cells is that they are masters of camouflage, invisible to the immune system. However, occasionally,...

Under normal circumstances, the immune system recognizes and successfully fights cancer cells, eliminating them as they develop. However, sometimes the...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan – The inability to adequately respond to infection can cause a whole-body state of...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that Zika virus infection in pregnant women can stunt neonatal...

AUGUSTA, Ga. – A series of tests physicians routinely order to help diagnose and follow their patients with an elevated...

Credit: Boston College CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (4/28/2016) – A research team led by a Boston College biologist will use a...

The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it...

Emory scientists have adapted an antiviral enzyme from bacteria called Cas9 into an instrument for inhibiting hepatitis C virus in...

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have successfully tested a potent synthetic compound that prevents...

A good immune system relies on a key 'energy producing' protein in immune cells to develop immunity to vaccines and...

A powerful genome editing tool may soon become even more powerful. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...

NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a novel 3D vaccine that could provide a more effective way to harness the immune system...

Through an investigation of a fundamental process that guides the maturation of immune cells, researchers have revealed new insights into...