An innovative gene-editing strategy could establish a new way for the body to manufacture therapeutic proteins—including ...

Scientists have discovered a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, forcing the cells to rewire how they generate energy. This shift makes them more powerful ...

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own ...

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Keytruda for multiple cancer types. As of recent approvals, it ...

Fred Hutch Cancer Center molecular biologist Dr. Kevin Barry just received a $270,000, two-year grant from the American ...

The average human has about 1.8 trillion immune cells. These cells patrol the body for bacteria, viruses, cancers, and other ...

A lab in Hawaiʻi is developing nanobodies, tiny proteins that help the immune system recognize and destroy cancer cells, ...

After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – ...

The immune system's B cells create antibodies that can mount a response against just about anything—either destroying a pathogen or instructing the rest of the immune system to go after the offender.

Scientists assumed that one specific immune cell subtype was required for mRNA vaccination to activate the immune system. But ...

What causes autoimmune disease? A new study finds that somatic mutations in immune checkpoint genes like PDL1 trigger the ...

Immune system overreactions may be the true culprit of cardiac illness—and lifesaving drugs can calm them down ...