During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

Scientists have uncovered a critical piece of the puzzle in autoimmune diseases: a protein that helps release immune response ...

Scientists have identified a key component to launching immune activity – and overactivity. The researchers identified a ...

Scientists have identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type—the blood stem cell. An ...

Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit ...

Two doses of a simple tuberculosis vaccination after surgery helps the immune system fight cancer cells and could greatly ...

For the 80 million people worldwide with celiac disease, the only treatment available is to cut grains like pasta and bread out of their lives. | For the 80 million people worldwide who have celiac ...

Our cells harbor a DNA detector termed cGAS to inform the immune system of viral and bacterial infections, cell death, as ...

Jarrod French, PhD, associate professor at The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, is the recipient of a yearlong ...