A new study explains how daikenchuto, an herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose, protects the gut against inflammatory bowel disease. The benefits of…
Breastfeeding provides an immune boost to infants A recent study by Katherine Wander, an associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton University, suggests that breastfeeding strengthens…
Soft-tissue sarcomas alter the biology of immune cells around tumors, promoting tumor development Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers have found that cancerous tumors known as soft-tissue sarcomas…
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins. The human body has…
Hamilton College researcher reveals body size shapes mammal immune defenses. What species is better at fighting an infection, a mouse or an elephant? Body size…
A new method for monitoring interactions between cells, dubbed LIPSTIC by its creators, is much more than a cosmetic improvement over existing techniques. The breakthrough,…
Researchers from Yale University are using CyTOF, which stands for cytometry by time-of-flight, to explore mysteries of the immune system. Why do some individuals infected…
MIT engineers have developed a new device that allows scientists to observe communication between immune cells. The immune system is a complex network of many…
Changes in T-cell behavior quickly occur in space, allowing researchers to more effectively study genetic and molecular changes associated with aging-related immune suppression. Telling someone…
A newly published study from researchers at Cornell University shows how the A2A adenosine receptor expressed on blood-brain barrier cells acts as a gateway, allowing…
While working with patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers at UCLA found that inflammation instigated by the immune system in ALS can trigger macrophages to…
Researchers now have a better understanding of how dendritic cells address specific types of infections. By using a protein called NOD2, the scientists were able…
For the first time ever, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have observed the maturation of immune cells in…
While studying people that suffer from cold urticarial, researchers at the National Institutes of Health discovered a genetic mutation in the gene for phospholipase C-gamma2…
