Two years after this, Sakaguchi was able to link these discoveries. He proved that the Foxp3 gene governs the development of ...

Why do certain immune cells remain permanently active in allergic asthma—even in an environment that should actually damage ...

Erythropoietin, the protein that drives red blood cell formation, also induces tolerance in dendritic cells, leading to the ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...

New research published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that alcohol use disorder triggers a distinct type ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By transforming standard H&E slides into virtual multiplex protein maps, GigaTIME reveals how ...

The Hepatitis B virus is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality, particularly through chronic hepatitis B (CHB), which can progress to cirrhosis and liver cancer. While most adults ...

Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at Radboud University are figuring out ...

Engineered bacteria reprogram tumor macrophages and direct copper into cancer cells, triggering cell death and systemic immunity without damaging healthy tissue. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Tumors do not ...

Background Interstitial fibrosis in lupus nephritis (LN) is often infiltrated by immune cells but typically regarded as non-specific ‘scar reaction’. This study aimed to investigate the relationship ...