A revolutionary approach to immune therapy has emerged: engineered immune cells that protect healthy tissue without ...

Scientists have disguised tumours to ‘look’ similar to pig organs ― tricking the immune system into attacking the cancerous cells. This ruse can halt a tumour’s growth and even eliminate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cancer cells can poison attacking immune cells ... lymphocytes (TILs) — immune cells that recognize and invade tumours. How cancer hijacks the nervous system to grow and spread The team found ...

NextPoint Therapeutics is centered around a novel checkpoint axis using targeted molecules that reinvigorate the immune system to attack cancer cells. There has been a lot of success recently with ...

Aleix's immune system is attacking her beta cells, which release the hormone insulin to keep blood sugar levels stable. As a result, she has to inject insulin several times a day. Aleix is taking ...

Every day, billions of our cells die quietly and in an orderly fashion by activating a cell suicide program known as apoptosis. But others, often when they’re infected with viruses, opt for a messier, ...

it can help prevent cells from becoming cancerous in the first place. "What was striking was that the innate immune system, which includes the inflammasome, has a role beyond infection," said Dr.

The human immune system is like ... resident memory CD8 T cells with a higher killing capacity are positioned like guards in watchtowers. These cells are designed to attack invading pathogens ...

New research by scientists at the Champalimaud Foundation has revealed a surprising new role for the immune system ... secretion from pancreatic beta cells, low- plasma glucose drives glucagon ...

The virus can cause more severe symptoms in these two populations because the immune system of a child is not yet fully developed, and the immune system of an elderly person is less efficient. Either ...