For the immune system to effectively combat pathogens, antibody responses must be precisely controlled. So-called follicular ...

MIT engineers have developed a new way to amplify the T-cell response to mRNA vaccines - an advance that could lead to much more powerful cancer vaccines and stronger protection against infectious ...

There is a constant war going on in your body. Working against you are viruses and cancer cells growing uncontrollably, ...

T-cells are the immune system's frontline defenders with a crucial role in controlling HIV. In a milestone clinical trial ...

A new stem-cell-inspired technique allows scientists to grow vast numbers of immune-cell progenitors that can be engineered ...

The immune system is the frontline protection against infection, continually searching for and destroying unknown pathogens. While typical operation of the immune system scans for threats, some ...

CAR T-cell therapy is expected to expand quickly across autoimmune skin diseases following an anticipated regulatory approval that might come as soon as this year.

During vaccination, the immune system is purposefully exposed to weakened, inactivated, or a component of pathogens so that the body can recognize their molecular structures in the future and mount a ...

The immune system is a complex response of various cells that detect and elicit mechanisms to eliminate disease. This orchestrated response in healthy individuals overcomes infections and foreign ...