Investigators from Mass General Brigham have developed a way to promote antitumor immunity by hijacking cellular machinery within cancer cells.

Immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors is standard first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Alon Monsonego had discovered that T helper lymphocytes, a subset of immune cells which regulate immunity, undergo functional changes with age. These changes ...

It is generally agreed that a number of types of nutritional deficiencies, including vitamin D-deficient rickets, can cause a temporary state of immune deficiency. As a result, children with rickets ...

Pregnancy and breastfeeding leave behind long-lived CD8+ T cells that can persist for decades, providing lasting immune ...

Pregnancy and breastfeeding induces the accumulation of specialized immune cells that reduce the chances of breast cancer ...

A longevity expert reveals how immune systems begin aging after 35, making people more susceptible to infections and immune-related disorders over time.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is an awfully common—and awful—condition that impacts 1/4 to 1/3 of women worldwide in their lifetime. BV is triggered when the vaginal microbiome, which is normally dominated ...

GEO-CM04S1 Designed to Deliver Broader, More Durable Protection for the 40 Million Americans Left Vulnerable by Limited ...