An antigen is any substance that can trigger an immune response in the body. Antigens are typically proteins or polysaccharides that are recognized as foreign or potentially harmful by the immune ...

Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified novel mechanisms by ...

As the flu season ramps up, a mutated A(H3N2) strain is already driving outbreaks in Canada, the UK, and Japan. That’s why ...

• This study aimed to investigate the immunophenotype of esophageal cancer (ESCA) by assessing the patient’s immune defenses or autoimmune function and to identify potential tumor antigens and ...

Within tumors in the human body, there are immune cells (macrophages) capable of fighting cancer, but they have been unable ...

A research team at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) and the Faculty of Medicine at Kanazawa University has developed a new class of engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) capable of ...

T cells are our immune system's customised tools for fighting infectious diseases and tumor cells. On their surface, these special white blood cells carry a receptor that recognizes antigens. With the ...

Pfizer is penning a cancer discovery pact with Cartography Biosciences that could max out at $865 million biobucks. | Pfizer ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

Researchers have used an experimental mRNA therapy to make old immune cells in mice behave as if they were young again, ...

New research shows calves fed waste milk develop different immune cell and cytokine profiles than those fed salable milk, ...