Scientists have found a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, essentially rewiring how these cells generate energy. This metabolic reprogramming makes them ...

We all get sick sometimes. Even something pretty minor, like a cold or flu, can be enough to disrupt your life for a few days ...

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with ...

A Fred Hutch Cancer Center study shows maternal antibodies in breastmilk help newborn mice develop immune tolerance, offering ...

Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

The SCG2 hormone allows tumors to suppress immune defenses, opening up a new therapeutic avenue against cancer.

Most new cancer diagnoses occur in people 65 and older, and overall these folks have worse cancer treatment outcomes, researchers said in background notes. Adobe stock/HealthDay It's well-known that a ...

There are vaccines you can get to prevent illness and medicine you can take to treat it. But in between, eating foods that boost immunity can help keep your immune system strong and functioning ...

Researchers at the University of Granada and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York have developed a luminescent probe, called GLed ...

In the march of metastasis, a molecular trail of crumbs guides some cancer cells from the primary tumor to establish new ...

Following on from their breakthrough human trial that successfully reprogrammed the immune system to overpower glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, the same scientists have now further developed ...

Researchers discovered that feeding babies freeze-dried blueberry powder improved gut bacteria and reduced respiratory ...