As people grow older, their immune systems do not simply slow down, they often become locked into a simmering, ...

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the immune system's ability to fight against a tumor. Subscribe to our ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 8% of children and 11% of adults are affected by food ...

The gastrointestinal tract is continuously exposed to foreign antigens in food and commensal microbes that have the potential to induce adaptive immune responses for food allergies. Upon genetic ...

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or “tolerate” molecules found on ...

A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty ...

A redesigned immune-activating cancer drug has produced striking early results in a small clinical trial, shrinking tumors ...

According to the National Center for Health and Statistics, under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

Zimislecel is an allogeneic stem cell-derived islet cell therapy that could eliminate the need for insulin in those who have ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy by harnessing the body's immune system to target ...

In a person living with HIV, proviruses—strands of HIV DNA—are typically integrated into the T cell genome and become a ...