When thinking of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs in the bloodstream. But now, in research published in Molecular Cell, scientists ...

Immunotherapy for cancer works like a guided missile, directing the body's immune cells toward tumor cells. However, not all immune cells respond to the call to attack, and this can lead to ...

T cells (red) attack cancer cell (white) / Rita Elena Serda, Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, NIH Share Lights, vitamin, action. A ...

Duke researchers help reprogram immune cells inside the body, potentially expanding access to cancer therapies The following is a summary of a story that originally appeared on School of Medicine. CAR ...

Microbes in the gut can help the immune system fight cancer, and a fiber-rich diet may be the key to unlocking those benefits, a study in mice suggests. The immune system is a key player in the body's ...

Why do some of the most advanced cancer therapies fail against solid tumors? Despite remarkable success in blood cancers, CAR-T cell treatment is much less effective against solid tumors due to the ...

Inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s hypnotic, proliferating forms, the Cell cover artwork evokes this process through sprawling, tendril-like weeds that represent unfolded proteins accumulating within cells in ...