An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, ...

Scientists have uncovered a stealthy tactic used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus: one of its proteins can leap from infected cells to ...

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell – they are the immune system’s watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers’ understanding of ...

Researchers use targeted lipid nanoparticles loaded with mRNA to reprogram T cells to fight autoimmune diseases ...

Scientists have identified a biological ‘switch' that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells. This discovery could revolutionize treatments for autoimmune diseases, which affect ...

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who received autologous chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy enjoyed potent ...

Immunology is the branch of biomedical sciences concerned with all aspects of the immune system in all multicellular organisms. CD8 + T cell exhaustion and dysfunction are features of a number of ...

The immune system has evolved to act as a first responder against infections, and scientists have revealed how it knows when to activate.

Background Chronic inflammation and elevated reactive oxygen species are key contributors to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...

Innate immunity is an immunological subsystem that comprises the cells and mechanisms that provide the first line of defence from infection in a non-specific manner. ... Iron and the immune system.