Normally, the immune system recognizes and eliminates abnormal cells. However, cancer cells can develop strategies to evade ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

Why do certain immune cells remain permanently active in allergic asthma—even in an environment that should actually damage ...

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 ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her ...

Immunotherapy, which uses programmed immune cells to selectively destroy cancer cells, has transformed cancer treatment. However, cancer cells have developed immune evasion strategies, leading to poor ...

Multicellular organisms are a mosaic of different cells, tissues, and systems, each with their own specific function and interactions with other cells within the organism and/or the larger environment ...

Paired with insomnia, anxiety appears even more detrimental to the immune system. In a Nutshell The 75% problem: Three-quarters of female students in the study showed anxiety symptoms. Those with ...

One of the main changes is a loss of the innate immune system's naive T cells, the first line of defense against pathogens, and an increase in the adaptive immune system's memory T cells. This ...

Vitamin C plays a crucial role in the function of immune cells. Individuals with infections tend to have lower levels of vitamin C. However, research has not found conclusive evidence that taking ...