The immune system – made up of organs, tissues, cells and proteins – is your body’s personal defense system against bacteria ...

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -; in a particular subset of T cells -; cause mitochondrial stress, DNA damage and cell death, Vanderbilt ...

The right diet can alleviate the side effects of treatment, strengthen the body’s defences, and potentially slow cancer ...

There is a challenge related to prostate and many other cancers that cancer cells form resistance to treatments as the disease progresses. However, these resistance mechanisms are not yet fully ...

Researchers investigated differences in T-cell responses between male and female patients with lung cancer that may help direct future treatments. T-cell responses are part of the adaptive immune ...

If you’ve experienced a heart attack, your healthcare provider may prescribe certain medications to help prevent one from ...

Treatment-resistant cells are a challenge related to prostate cancer and many other cancers, which arises as the disease ...

Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (known as IgA nephropathy or Berger's disease) is a rare kidney disease that occurs when the ...

This Research Topic is one volume within the series "The Future of Checkpoint Immunotherapy: New Roads Ahead". Please see the series here. The progressive understanding of the anti-tumor capabilities ...

Researchers at West Virginia University are advancing pancreatic cancer treatment by targeting a specific enzyme, ...

Long-term data from a landmark international trial show about half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a ...