Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine now better understand the role of a protein, interleukin-21 (IL-21), in the immune

A team of researchers from Italy, the U.K. and the U.S. has isolated a number of immune cell-related genetic variants

Researchers have uncovered how the immune system is altered in a rare COVID-19 related illness in children referred to as

Specific antibodies protect us against viral infections—or do they? Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) studied the immune

Cancer treatment has advanced with the advent of immunotherapies that, in some cancers, can overcome tumors’ ability to evade the

The bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, likely uses a single gene to escape the immune system, research from UW

Immunologists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have created a database that identifies gene-regulatory mechanisms in immune cells that facilitate

Aggressive colorectal cancers set up an interactive network of checkpoints to keep the immune system at bay, scientists report. Immune

The human immune system uses two pre-programmed strategies to tackle infection. One is fever, a resistance mechanism that tries to

The immune system establishes “forward operating bases”, or lymph node-like structures, inside the tumors of some patients with kidney and