Cancer scientists have been working against the clock for decades to outsmart a disease that comes back more powerfully after ...

Alzheimer’s disease affects over 55 million people worldwide and has long been linked to toxic protein buildup and chronic ...

The SCG2 hormone allows tumors to suppress immune defenses, opening up a new therapeutic avenue against cancer.

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

A team of immunologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has turned what we know about T-cells, one of the most ...

The research describes a novel and unusual mechanism for T cells to remember the pathogens and cancers that they had ...

Signs of immune system aging appear years before rheumatoid arthritis takes hold, offering new hope for early diagnosis and ...

Telomere damage drives T cell exhaustion. Antioxidants restored their cancer-fighting strength in mice. Tumor environments place heavy stress on immune cells that fight cancer. Limited oxygen, ...

In a pair of studies, investigators from the lab of Huiping Liu, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology and of ...

We often think about our immune system when a breakdown happens—AKA the sniffles start. Sick happens, and nothing can prevent ...

Nine-year-old Stephen Mondek became what Cedars-Sinai Medical Center believes is its youngest known stem cell donor. His ...