Researchers at The Wistar Institute's HIV Cure and Viral Diseases Center have successfully identified a new approach using natural killer (NK) cells to target and kill the HIV-positive cells that ...

Existing immuno-oncology therapies primarily leverage one branch of our immune system—adaptive immunity—by recruiting T cells to fight cancer. A research team led by scientists at the Icahn School of ...

The innate immune system plays a crucial role in regulating host-microbe interactions, and especially in providing protection against pathogens that invade the mucosa. Using an intestinal infection ...

The enigmatic mechanisms that control the human immune system are essential for the body to mount a proper defense against microbial invaders. A greater understanding of these defensive pathways would ...

Browse the cold and flu aisle at the pharmacy or watch certain famous doctors on TV, and you’ll encounter a number of products claiming to boost your immunity, “naturally.” Research on these products ...

For most people, two of the most frightening diseases are cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. The reason is simple – these diseases are incurable. The widespread fear of them goes much deeper. While many ...

Tousled-like kinases (TLKs) are a family of highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinases and are a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatment due to their central role in DNA repair and ...

Human immunodeficiency virus 1, more commonly known as HIV-1, is known for its uncanny ability to evade the immune system. Scientists at Scripps Research and collaborators have now uncovered how our ...

Figure 1: Factors that shape the type of immune response elicited by infection. In addition to their role in promoting type 2 immunity, basophils also contribute to anti-bacterial-immunity. For ...

Until now, immunotherapy has relied on revving up just one arm of the immune system against tumors. But scientists reported Thursday that in animal experiments, they trained a different arm to beat ...

Foal pneumonia is one of the leading causes of disease and death in foals, with severe cases being most commonly caused by the bacterium Rhodococcus equi (R. equi). A research team at the University ...