New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood cancers.

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and injury. Scientists aren't ...

People who suffer from the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect any of the muscles we use to blink, smile or even move our body around.

The body's immune system mistakenly produces "autoantibodies ... from Yale with the molecular resolution of cryo-EM and biophysics from UC San Diego, we were able to visualize, for the first ...

Tim-3, a molecule involved in immune regulation, hinders plaque removal in Alzheimer’s disease. Blocking it in microglia improved brain health in mice, making it a potential treatment target. Tim-3 is ...

Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's ...

Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but its role in the brain was unknown until now. In a paper ...

Daniel De Carvalho, a senior scientist at the University Health Network and Allan Slaight Scientist at the Princess Margaret ...

Canada Gairdner Awards recognize the world’s most accomplished researchers whose work is improving our understanding of human ...