It starts with a sneeze. Someone on the subway didn't cover their mouth and now a cloud of invisible invaders hangs in the ...

Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...

A key aspect of your immune system is to distinguish “self” from “nonself ” so it can destroy and remove foreign materials ...

Inflammation is a vital part of the immune response, but it seems that the system can sometimes go awry, resulting in chronic ...

Cancer immunotherapy, which primes the body's immune system to fight off tumors, has historically focused on harnessing T ...

New research has revealed a common process that powers the destruction of cells infected with pathogens, which could lead to ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects over 55 million people worldwide and has long been linked to toxic protein buildup and chronic ...

A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers from McGill University, the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) ...

STF-1623, a new drug candidate, boosts innate immunity by blocking ENPP1, helping the body fight solid tumors once resistant to immunotherapy.

Prior dengue infection reshapes innate immunity, boosting vaccine efficacy. Vaccination alone fails to replicate these immune ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Some of our biggest threats can come in the tiniest forms—viruses and bacteria. Thankfully, we are born with a built-in ...