Cancer cells carry thousands of mutations, but not all mutations are created equal. Some make tumors highly visible to the ...

A new generation of engineered immune cell destroys cancer cells in mice 1 as effectively as conventional CAR-T-cell ...

Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the ...

Borrowing a cancer cell’s disguise, scientists shielded insulin-producing cells from attack by the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for targeted type 1 diabetes treatments without ...

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the immune system's ability to fight against a tumor. Colorectal cancer, however ...

Work on peacemakers in the immune system won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The peacemakers are regulatory T cells, a type of immune cell that calms the immune system after it has ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered a new clue to how Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) could contribute to multiple ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to grow helper T cells from stem cells, solving a major challenge in immune-based cancer therapy. Helper T cells act as the immune system’s coordinators, helping ...

Indian researchers reveal how immune cells 'betray' the body, aiding breast cancer spread and suggesting new treatment ...

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis ...

Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...