Immunology

A new study finds an unexpected role for hepatocytes in anticancer immunity.

An expert panel will discuss mRNA-based vaccines, current approaches and challenges, and how researchers are moving RNA therapeutics forward in exciting new directions.

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

The ability to rapidly count and measure features of cells opened the research flood gates.

A new iPSC-derived cellular tool with built-in Cas9 expression enables high efficiency knockout screening for drug target identification and validation.

Oncolytic virotherapy selectively attacks tumors and triggers both immediate and long-lasting immune responses. 

A rare gut cell puzzles researchers by avoiding immune cells.

A receptor that recognizes DNA fragments formed during learning is necessary for proper memory formation.

Immune cells form different communities throughout a tumor, potentially disrupting how cancers respond to treatments.

Nardhy Gómez-López investigates the placental immunology of preterm birth.

Oskar Staufer engineers synthetic systems to explore cancer biology.

After more than a century of producing animal-based antivenoms, scientists turned to synthetic systems to develop safer and more effective snake bite treatments.

Neutrophils contort their nuclei into various shapes by moderating one key regulatory protein previously shown to orchestrate DNA organization.

Genetic changes attenuated Salmonella’s virulence, potentially enabling the bacteria to cause chronic infections in humans.

The FOXO1 transcription factor boosts T cells’ memory and reduces dysfunction.

A key protein that detects changes in plasma membrane curvature guides immune-like cells through environmental obstacles.

Regulatory T cells in muscles surge after exercise, quelling inflammation, protecting mitochondria, and enhancing performance.

Staphylococcus aureus vaccine efficacy depends on the immune imprints from past exposures to the microbe.

Learn how to measure 115 biomarkers in one multiplex panel.