Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it ...

MIT engineers have developed a new way to amplify the T-cell response to mRNA vaccines—an advance that could lead to much ...

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell ...

Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of those revved-up cells ...

Objective B-cell activating factor (BAFF) is essential for B-cell survival and innate immune activation, and its ...

RA patients on upadacitinib and methotrexate showed robust antibody and T-cell responses to the recombinant zoster vaccine over 60 weeks. The vaccine maintained a satisfactory humoral response in 71.4 ...

Findings identify strategy for boosting anticancer immunity and potentially a new tool for delivering genetic payloads to ...

Non-immune cells play a crucial and often underappreciated role in host defense against invading pathogens. Beyond serving as passive physical barriers, ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UK) have contributed to discovering a "control switch" inside our immune cells ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety disorders are often characterized by fearful responses in specific ...