In the midst of pandemic upheaval, researchers have gained fundamental insights about how the body fends off infections.

Induces potent and long-lasting immune responses to defined antigens or whole pathogens (particles), mainly through the ...

Diagram of an antibody structure showing its key components ... crucial for triggering various effector functions of the immune system. Two hinge regions link the Fab and Fc portions of each ...

Following a healthy diet is essential in preventing and fighting cancer, but research now says the way you eat could play a ...

Scientists haven't known how different lipid nanoparticle structures interact with the immune system. Kathryn Whitehead and ...

Viruses are masters at disguise. When they are pushed too far by our immune system, they send new virus variants into play ...

Quite to the contrary, they announce their presence to the immune system by planting chemical ... Sphinx of Greek lore because of their puzzling structure and function. Two centuries later ...

These ad-hoc immune system outposts boost the immune response locally. TLSs pop up in many tissues, including most tumors, where they have been associated with a favorable response to ...

The team identified protein sequences on each nuclease that trigger the immune system and used computational ... biochemist David Baker that develops structure-based computational tools to design ...