To further the quantitative understanding of cellular decision making, Dr. Gregory Reeves and his team in the chemical engineering department have worked to interpret how a transcription factor ...

Parents can help strengthen their child’s immune system by focusing on some key areas. The immune system is a complex network of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body from ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Engineering of Allogeneic Donor Cells for Acceptance by the Host's Immune System." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Understanding the Role of the ...

Innate immunity is a foundational field in immunology, critical for understanding how organisms sense and respond to danger, be it pathogens or sterile ...

Scientists at Gladstone and UC San Francisco—including Maya Arce, seen here—discover how one protein controls the behavior of immune cells, with potential applications for treating cancer and ...

Young infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often become much sicker than those infected with ...

Over the years, cell biology has built a detailed picture of how cells compartmentalize their internal functions. Central to this organization is the nucleus, which houses the genetic material and is ...

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to ...

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues—including in the nervous system—that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent stage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — More than a century of scientific research has shed light on the neuroimmune interaction ...

In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses even as they mutate, raising hopes for a longer-lasting vaccine and a ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they ...