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

Our immune system implements an array of strategies to combat threatening infections. White blood cells called cytotoxic T ...

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

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 ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have ...

The research groups led by Wolfgang Kastenmüller and Georg Gasteiger employed innovative microscopy techniques to observe how specific immune cells, known as T-cells, are activated and proliferate ...

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

While the fabled fountain of youth may not actually exist, a new type of therapy now does.

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

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