Biologists have resolved the structure of a ring of proteins used by the immune system to summon support when under attack, providing new insight into potential strategies for protection from ...

For instance, researchers noticed during the pandemic that people who received the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis—which is not recommended in the U.S. but is commonly used in countries where the ...

How people with compromised immune systems respond to vaccines is an important area of immunological research. A study led by ...

Study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science ...

An international team of researchers has visualized the structure of the so-called ASC speck. A central component of the human immune system, the NLRP3 inflammasome plays an important role in fighting ...

Aptamers are short, single-stranded nucleic acids that can fold into specific three-dimensional structures, allowing them to bind target molecules with high ...

Among modern cancer therapies, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are among the most successful treatment methods. These antibodies activate the immune system and enable T cells to detect and destroy ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and remains a leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. While antiviral drugs ...

Researchers from the University of Florida have developed a novel mRNA cancer vaccine that aims to reprogram the immune system to target and attack cancer cells effectively. The study led by Elias ...

Currently developed cancer immunotherapies modify the interaction of cancer cells and the immune system, making drug testing targeting human cancer outside of clinical trials difficult. Kobe ...