A new study led by the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford with support from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium (UK-CIC)
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Studies reveal how kidney tumors' microenvironments change in response to immunotherapy
In the last two decades, immunotherapy has emerged as a leading treatment for advanced renal carcinoma cancer (more commonly known
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Readers and tweeters dispense timely advice for difficult times
How to explain vaccines to people who resist them Here is an attempt to write something that might convince people
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ACGT awards $500,000 to advance immunotherapy approach for treating solid tumors
A scientific team led by Brian Brown, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Associate Director of the Precision
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LMU researchers study T cell exhaustion
T lymphocytes, or T cells, are an important component of our immune system. They can recognize foreign proteins, so-called antigens,
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Synthetic cells capture and reveal hidden messages of the immune system
When immune cells detect harmful pathogens or cancer, they mobilise and coordinate a competent defence response. To do this effectively
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Sweet success of parasite survival could also be its downfall
University of York scientists are part of an international team which has discovered how a parasite responsible for spreading a
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Lassa virus’ soft spot revealed
As this year’s Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria is finally ebbing, the total tally came to more than 600 infected
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First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system
Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate after an injury, for example, following a forearm fracture. Axons, the long projections of neurons
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Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients: The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems
A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were transplanted with their own
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