It is hard to successfully fight a virus without the antibodies and other virus-specific cells created by the adaptive immune system, Whiteley explains, but the generalized response of the innate ...

In another adaptive immune response, cytotoxic T cells, or killer T cells, recognize and kill the cells that are infected with the dengue virus. The innate immune response activates the complement ...

Viruses are masters at disguise. When they are pushed too far by our immune system, they send new virus variants into play that are no longer recognized by immune cells. They escape our immune system ...

Researchers have revealed the regulatory mechanism of a specific protein that plays a key role in balancing the immune response triggered ... those infected by viruses, and eliminate them from ...

Select any virus below to explore its structure and biology ... should induce a protective immune response to a virus. When an individual who has been vaccinated against a virus comes into ...

However, in response to a viral attack, their frequency decreases, activating the immune system to combat the virus. The researchers also analyzed the evolutionary history of this mechanism ...

A vaccine works by generating an immune response in the body against some kind of pathogen—a virus or bacteria or some other agent that causes disease. Normally when a pathogen invades the body ...