During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and ...

Our immune systems develop to recognize what is foreign within our bodies. As immune cells are generated in the bone marrow ...

The brain's immune cells removed plaques and helped restore a healthier environment in the brains of immunized patients. For over 30 years, scientists have focused on treating Alzheimer’s disease by ...

Approximately 80% of individuals who receive immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced cancer do not respond to therapy, according to results of a cross-sectional analysis.The number of FDA-approved ...

Mar. 21, 2025 — New research shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own. The study provides a better ...

Autoimmune diseases that manifest early in life in females generally have a clear antibody-mediated pathology ... tight orchestration of interdependent immune functions begins to decay, with ...

Physician-scientists Preet Chaudhary, M.D., Ph.D., and Michael Selsted, M.D., Ph.D., both from the Keck School of Medicine, have been elected as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors ...

The virus can damage the immune system in a process called "immune amnesia," raising the risk of other infections even after the person has recovered, explained Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News ...

"The findings uncover a new way in which the immune system is suppressed, limiting T cells from fighting cancer spread. This ...