T cells are the immune system’s frontline fighters. When they detect danger, they rapidly multiply and transform into effector cells that destroy pathogens. This transformation demands an intense ...

T cells are immune cells that fight off disease. The most common type of T cell, known as conventional T cells, maintains different functions, including activation of other T cells and killing ...

W ithout the trillions of bacteria in the gut, muscles might not be able to knit themselves back together after an injury. According to a study published February 22 in Immunity, T cells that normally ...

Vitamins support immunity, but supplements aren't a guaranteed defense against infection. Our bodies rely on a full spectrum ...

To escape the immune defense, this pathogen enters and resides in specific immune cells. These so-called macrophages defend against the invaders by pumping iron out of the bacteria's hiding place ...

Treating types of cancer with CAR T-cell therapy is expensive and inconvenient, but a streamlined approach that creates the ...

A recent study led by investigators at MSK and published in Nature Medicine, included a comprehensive analysis of non relapse mortality after CAR T cell therapy in patients with lymphoma and multiple ...

T cells can sense testosterone—What does that mean for prostate cancer ... Dr. Reina-Campos has shown the power of spatial transcriptomics in studying T cells that fight pathogens in the gut.