Specialized cells help to create a nurturing environment in which tumour-fighting immune cells can thrive and work to ...

Regenerative medicine holds the extraordinary promise that future patients in need of new cells, tissues or organs will no ...

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation found that COVID was linked to cancer regression, which could ...

Our cells need to be able to recognize potential invaders as a threat, the key function of the body's innate immune system.

Tumor cells transform fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts, which have an important immunosuppressive activity on which growth, invasion, and metastasis depend. These activated fibroblasts ...

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies can be very effective against some cancers by helping the immune system recognize ...

Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, and what is the ...

After treatment with white button mushroom extract in mice and patients with prostate cancer, scientists discovered a decline ...

The most comprehensive map of the developing human thymus sheds light on how immune responses are built and maintained at early life, with implications for understanding and treating immunodeficiency, ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising silver lining of COVID-19 infection. A new study by researchers at Northwestern ...

Researchers found that the COVID-19 virus triggers immune changes that may one day be harnessed to help fight cancer.

"It's incredible, and a big surprise, that the same infection that caused so much devastation can help create a ...