immune

Researchers identify sex-based differences in immune responses against tumors

Researchers at Saint Louis University School of Medicine investigated differences in T-cell responses between male and female patients with lung…

1 year ago

Fever drives enhanced activity, mitochondrial damage in immune cells

Fever temperatures rev up immune cell metabolism, proliferation and activity, but they also -- in a particular subset of T…

1 year ago

A switch for immune memory and anti-tumor immunity

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a metabolic switch in the immune system's T cells that is essential to…

2 years ago

Drug bypasses suppressive immune cells to unleash immunotherapy

By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer…

2 years ago

Uncovering late-onset combined immune deficiency in chromosome 18q deletion syndrome

Chromosome 18q deletion (18q del) syndromeis a rare genetic condition disorder, affecting approximately 1 in 40,000 to 55,000 individuals, caused…

2 years ago

Scientists discover new T cells and genes related to immune disorders

Researchers led by Yasuhiro Murakawa at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) and Kyoto University in Japan and…

2 years ago

Fasting primes the immune system’s natural killer cells to better fight cancer, new study in mice finds

Periods of fasting reprogram the immune system's natural killer cells to better fight cancer, according to a new study in…

2 years ago

Genetic cause of rare childhood immune disorders discovered

Scientists have pinpointed genetic changes that can leave children born with little to no immune defence against infection. In a…

2 years ago

Gut bacteria make neurotransmitters to shape the newborn immune system

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators discovered that unique bacteria colonize the gut shortly after birth and make the neurotransmitter serotonin to…

2 years ago

Optimizing boosters: How COVID mRNA vaccines reshape immune memory after each dose

mRNA vaccines developed against the spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome type 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), displayed remarkable efficiency in…

2 years ago