Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of exhaustion, where its ...

Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of exhaustion, where its frontline defenders – T cells – lose their ability to function effectively.

Researchers have revolutionized cancer immunotherapy by developing a way to grow T cells in the lab that live longer and ...

The malfunctioning mitochondria seem to poison the immune cells, explains Yosuke Togashi, a pulmonary physician and ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in ...

A discovery about the mechanisms that enable the immune system to sustain long-term protection could revolutionize treatment for chronic disease and cancer.

University of Galway’s Dr Aideen Ryan is looking at mechanisms in supportive tissue cells with the aim of enhancing the ...

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have developed a new way to grow T cells in the lab that enables them to live ...

Immune complexes, like the inflammasome, help protect stem cells from cancer by removing surface receptors and suppressing ...