Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, ...

The immune system is a complex response of various cells that detect and elicit mechanisms to eliminate disease. This ...

Receptors on B and T cells hint at what the immune system is targeting. An AI approach called Mal-ID developed increases diagnostic accuracy, particularly for autoimmune diseases. Your immune system ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect ...

C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) and immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) are rare and progressive kidney diseases, caused by problems in the immune system. They are two distinct ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected mechanism by which the gut’s immune system maintains balance, challenging ...

Breast milk is not just nutrition; it’s an immune delivery system, passing along cells, cytokines, and antibodies that protect the newborn and begin to train their immune system. Prior studies on ...

Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, has discovered a link between the intestinal microbiome and developing chronic graft-versus-host ...

In the innate immune compartment, short-chain fatty acids can suppress dendritic cell antigen presentation while simultaneously promoting IL-10 and retinoic acid production, favoring an ...