A vitamin A byproduct has been found to quietly disarm the immune system, allowing tumors to evade attack and weakening ...

The immune system has evolved to mount immune responses against foreign pathogens and to remain silent against self-antigens. A balance between immunity and tolerance is required as any disturbance ...

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

Retinoic acid suppresses immune defenses against cancer, but a new drug KyA33 boosts vaccine success and slows tumor growth ...

Cancer immunotherapy is a strategy that turns the patient’s own immune cells into a “search-and-destroy” force that attacks the tumor’s cells. The “search” immune cells are the dendritic cells, which ...

When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

Scientists have uncovered how a vitamin A metabolite can suppress anti-cancer immunity. Scientists at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have uncovered new ...

EPFL researchers have successfully engineered cells of the immune system to more effectively recognize cancer cells. The work, covered in two papers, turns the previously lab-based method into a ...

Researchers have shown that a particular type of immune cell acts more flexibly than previously thought -- with potential for new therapeutic approaches. LMU researchers have shown that a particular ...