Immunotherapy can remove extracellular amyloid plaques from Alzheimer’s brain, but has so far failed to clear intracellular tau tangles. Now, two papers propose a solution: tagging them for ...

Inflammation represents a long-conserved biological process characterized by the release of chemical messengers that regulate ...

New study demonstrates that one type of lipid is so critical for immune evasion that certain cancers cannot proliferate without them. Modulating intake of dietary lipids could open up an avenue for ...

A collaboration between four MIT groups, led by principal investigators Laura L. Kiessling, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Alex K.

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

Immunotherapy holds great promise for the future of cancer treatment. By harnessing a patient’s own immune system to target ...

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 ...

Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) seminar highlighted research on a revolutionary approach to cancer treatment: ...

In the constantly evolving field of molecular biology, one of the most challenging tasks has been designing proteins that can ...

Macquarie University researchers have discovered new information about how oral cancer cells may block the body's immune response. This could lead to better treatments for this aggressive disease.