Scientists have disguised tumours to ‘look’ similar to pig organs ― tricking the immune system into attacking the cancerous ...

For T1D patients, the trouble begins with an immune system self-attack on pancreatic beta cells, the cells that produce the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar levels. Without a reliable way ...

The malfunctioning mitochondria seem to poison the immune cells, explains Yosuke Togashi, a pulmonary physician and ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

When the immune ... the immune system is disabled completely. The new technology also could be used to fine-tune CAR T cell therapies for cancer, so these CAR T cells only attack tumors, and ...

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting ...

Houston Methodist researchers have identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in ...