Nov. 6, 2024 — Some patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of cancer immunotherapy, develop a dangerous form of heart inflammation called myocarditis. Researchers have ...

"The immune system has special cells that hunt down and kill viruses in different parts of the body," explains Dr. Linda ...

When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize ...

Researchers have developed a new method to recreate a robust and functional human immune system in mice using mononuclear cells from the cord blood. This new kind of mice, that count with most of ...

It is comparatively easy to tell a cell's state of health: On their surface, cells present fragments of almost all the proteins they contain inside. This means the immune system can directly recognize ...

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A healthy balance between innate and adaptive immune cells is the hallmark of a youthful immune system-;and a key to longevity. Our study provides compelling evidence that when a small subset of blood ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship.

You can do a few things to strengthen your immune system so that you don't get sick as often. While this sounds easy, you may be wondering how exactly to do that. Diet and exercise are always good ...

The brain, traditionally considered an immune-privileged organ due to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), has its own sophisticated immune defense system.