Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

A team has identified a previously unknown phase of the immune response. The results challenge long-standing assumptions about the process called 'T-cell priming'. These new insights have significant ...

The human immune system is a remarkable evolutionary tool that is often taken for granted—until, that is, something gets past its cellular defenses. However, this complex system of cells ...

Can ginger shots, turmeric and cold water swimming boost your immune system? Georgie and Neil hear from experts and teach you some vocabulary. Yes. I try to eat lots of oranges, which apparently ...

A modified pig liver transplanted into a human patient appears to have functioned normally ... but the liver remained functional until the end. The patient's immune system didn't reject the implant ...

The mammalian immune system is an evolutionary wonder ... previously published data regarding St2 hi VAT Tregs from human visceral adipose tissue. The scientists observed that in VAT of the ...

The operation, carried out in China, used a liver from a pig that had been genetically modified to reduce the chance of the organ being rejected by a human immune system. The organ successfully ...

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful monitoring system to reveal how the human immune system is responsive to a ...

are first authors of two recently published scientific research articles that describe significant findings about how human immune systems evolved. "Undergraduates are often participants in ...