Immunology

Researchers explored the effects of obesity on the lung microenvironment in ferrets, searching for new therapeutic targets to protect vulnerable populations.

Researchers explore the immune system to further understand cancer and illuminate therapy development.

During pregnancy, fetal cells invade maternal tissues and can persist for decades, but the effects of these non-self cells remain largely obscure.

Researchers mapped tissue remodeling during colitis development in mice to explore how diverse cell types contribute and respond to the disease.  

Cellular immunogenicity and immunotoxicity assays help scientists design, validate, and translate therapeutic research into treatments that weaponize the immune response against cancer.

A new study finds an unexpected role for hepatocytes in anticancer immunity.

An expert panel will discuss mRNA-based vaccines, current approaches and challenges, and how researchers are moving RNA therapeutics forward in exciting new directions.

Scientists analyze and quantify characteristics of cells and other particles with the power of lasers.

The ability to rapidly count and measure features of cells opened the research flood gates.

A new iPSC-derived cellular tool with built-in Cas9 expression enables high efficiency knockout screening for drug target identification and validation.

Oncolytic virotherapy selectively attacks tumors and triggers both immediate and long-lasting immune responses. 

A rare gut cell puzzles researchers by avoiding immune cells.

A receptor that recognizes DNA fragments formed during learning is necessary for proper memory formation.

Immune cells form different communities throughout a tumor, potentially disrupting how cancers respond to treatments.

Nardhy Gómez-López investigates the placental immunology of preterm birth.

Oskar Staufer engineers synthetic systems to explore cancer biology.

After more than a century of producing animal-based antivenoms, scientists turned to synthetic systems to develop safer and more effective snake bite treatments.

Neutrophils contort their nuclei into various shapes by moderating one key regulatory protein previously shown to orchestrate DNA organization.

Genetic changes attenuated Salmonella’s virulence, potentially enabling the bacteria to cause chronic infections in humans.