Food allergies are serious and, for some, potentially deadly. And yet, despite decades of research into allergies and what causes them, very little is known about why the vast majority of people are ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have found that physically resisting the formation of an immunological synapse actually promotes a stronger immune response. The findings could ...

Stanford researchers reveal how regulatory T cells recognize safe foods by scanning for specific protein signals, opening new paths to prevent and treat food allergies.

With clinical data beginning to emerge, big pharma is signaling its belief that in vivo CAR generation is the next immunotherapy breakthrough.

High-grade serous ovarian cancer is the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer and often becomes resistant to ...

Researchers at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist have shown that engineered macrophages can infiltrate brain tumor sites, recognize cancer cells, and destroy them in preclinical mouse models, ...

Tumor metabolomics is an emerging field focused on understanding the metabolic alterations that occur in tumor cells and their surrounding microenvironment. These changes are essential to support the ...

A cancer drug class best known for attacking tumors may also help your immune system remember them better. Researchers at ...

The apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) family was first defined as an innate antiviral defense system, but the APOBEC3 subfamily (APOBEC3s) is now recognized as a major ...

When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in "low power" mode to preserve immune function while conserving energy, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Chemotherapy is often seen solely as a tumor-targeting treatment, yet new evidence reveals a paradox: the tissue injury it causes can reprogram the body’s defenses, influencing the risk of metastasis.