Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...

Innate immunity constitutes the body’s first line of defence against invading pathogens. This ancient, evolutionarily conserved system is activated within minutes of encountering foreign agents, ...

The articles in this focus issue discuss progress towards a more complete understanding of memory in the innate immune system, and efforts to exploit "trained immunity" for the development of new ...

At one time, natural killer cells were thought of as a small group of specialized immune cells that can rapidly identify and destroy cells that have been infected with a virus. But research has shown ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways—ways that have important implications for the development of ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...

This story is one in a series marking International Women and Girls in Science Day. Join us as we celebrate some laboratory leaders taking research to new heights. As an assistant professor of ...

To test this, PhD student Daniela Flores-Gomez from the team of Niels Riksen and Siroon Bekkering at Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands, isolated blood stem cells and white blood cells ...

A new cancer drug candidate, STF-1623, has shown promise in overcoming one of the biggest challenges in immunotherapy: activating the immune system against solid tumors. () Developed by biochemist ...