immunology

Cowpea mosaic virus stimulated the immune system to treat and prevent metastatic cancers in mice.

Targeted drug delivery using microneedle patches could help treat alopecia areata.

A changing dance of transcription factors modulates T regulatory cell gene expression in different immune contexts with implications for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

There is no vaccine against this parasitic worm infection, but rhesus macaques’ unique immune system has brought the prospect of a vaccine closer than ever.

Breast cancer cells can pass through the bone marrow to reach the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord in mice — a new way for cancer to spread.

A new mouse study suggests that folinic acid treatment could help the immune system penetrate pancreatic cancer’s protective shell.

Once symptoms show up, it’s too late to cure many autoimmune diseases. Researchers are investigating ways to prevent the conditions from starting at all.

Natural killer cells can sometimes attack beneficial CAR T cell immunotherapies. Now, researchers have discovered why and a potential way to stop them.

A new model predicts how well maternal vaccines protect babies from Group B Streptococcus, propelling much needed shots through late-stage clinical trials.

Researchers uncovered the structure of the measles fusion glycoprotein and identified a neutralizing antibody capable of decreasing its virulence.