Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body.

Cancer dysregulates the complex structure of tissues and internal cellular pathways. As a result, the immune system loses its ability to effectively target tumor cells. The immune system is made up of ...

When immune cells strike, precision is everything. New research reveals how natural killer and T cells orchestrate the ...

LAVAL, QC, July 24, 2025 - In fighting chronic infections or certain cancers, CD8+ T cells—the immune system’s frontline soldiers—eventually become exhausted. They lose effectiveness and respond less ...

Scientists have discovered that our specialized immune cells, called T cells, are what they eat -- their switch from functional to 'exhausted' depends on the switch from metabolizing acetate to ...

In fighting chronic infections or certain cancers, CD8+ T cells-the immune system's frontline soldiers-eventually become exhausted. They lose effectiveness and respond less efficiently to threats.

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of ...