Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently attached to relatively gigantic females, fuse their tissues […]
How immune cells activate the killer mode
Unraveling a key motif: The T lymphocytes of the immune system work to destroy infected cells or cancer cells. To […]
Boosting immune memory could reduce cancer recurrence
Blocking a newly identified “immune memory checkpoint” in immune cells could improve immunotherapy and help prevent cancers from recurring, according […]
Pathogens suppress immune response with molecule, a possible drug target, Stanford researchers find
Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have discovered that cells infected by viruses or bacteria send out a “don’t […]
Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens
The lens of the eye is an unusual organ. Unlike most of the body’s organs, blood vessels don’t reach the […]
Pneumonia recovery reprograms immune cells of the lung
Researchers have determined that after lungs recover from infection, alveolar macrophages (immune cells that live in the lungs and help […]
Unrecognized genetic variation in research mouse models can affect immune cells
Congenic mouse strains—used for decades in immunology research and assumed to be genetically identical outside of a marker locus—have been […]
Immune cell discovery opens door to new powerful cancer therapies
Scientists at UCL have identified how a subset of immune cells are activated to kill cancerous cells, a finding in […]
A protein tag to study the immune system
Researchers from VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, University of Iowa (USA) and other collaborators, developed a novel approach to better […]
Genetic differences in the immune system shape the microbiome
Genetic differences in the immune system shape the collections of bacteria that colonize the digestive system, according to new research […]