The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Nobel ...

Scientists have discovered a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, forcing the cells to rewire how they generate energy. This shift makes them more powerful ...

A lab in Hawaiʻi is developing nanobodies, tiny proteins that help the immune system recognize and destroy cancer cells, ...

In experiments with mouse models of breast, pancreatic, and muscle cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital report new evidence that a novel means of boosting the natural immune ...

An innovative gene-editing strategy could establish a new way for the body to manufacture therapeutic proteins—including certain kinds of highly potent antibodies that are naturally difficult to ...

A protein that helps cancer cells hide from the immune system may have a critical weakness, according to research that could ...

Nearly all of the patients who responded to the a personalized mRNA pancreatic vaccine are still alive six years later.

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease ...

The immune system is designed to protect us against viruses and bacteria. In autoimmune diseases, however, the immune system ...

We need investment in precision medicine technologies to start programming cancer against itself, writes Cyriac Roeding.

For years, one of the most powerful weapons against certain blood cancers, called CAR-T therapy, has required an elaborate process: Doctors extract a patient’s immune cells, ship them to a specialized ...