Once thought to be a flaw in the system, new research suggests that CD4 T cells may actually hold the key to maintaining a ...

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 ...

New research comparing four different flu vaccines found that the ability of the vaccines to activate cells of the immune ...

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have taken a closer look at a previously largely unknown component of the immune system: the protein molecule TRAT1 (T Cell Receptor Associated ...

The brain and spinal cord were once thought to enjoy immune privilege, meaning they were believed to be largely insulated from immune activity elsewhere in the body. In recent years, however, ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign molecules from invading bacteria and viruses from molecules that are made by cells of the body. If it can’t, the immune system can ...

Lupus has been linked to the Epstein-Barr virus – which causes glandular fever, or mono – before, but we now have evidence of ...

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai helps explain why some people with multiple myeloma, a type of ...

The TERZO study evaluates Copiktra for relapsed or refractory nodal T-follicular helper cell lymphoma, lacking a standard treatment. The trial compares Copiktra with Gemzar or Bendeka, focusing on ...

Cockroach immunotherapy effectively modulates T-cell responses in asthmatic children, found authors of a small randomized trial in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. They found that ...