Innate immunity is a foundational field in immunology, critical for understanding how organisms sense and respond to danger, be it pathogens or sterile ...

An innovative approach supercharges the innate immune system to provide a first line of defence against respiratory infections.

A new Stanford study marks a big step forward in the creation of a new kind of vaccine that offers protection against a range ...

Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

Research from Radboud university medical center reveals that T cells from the adaptive immune system can manipulate the memory of innate immune cells. Previously, it was believed that the memory of ...

Our immune system is divided into two main branches: innate and adaptive. Innate immune cells act as a first line of defense, quickly responding to invaders, while adaptive immune cells take a longer ...

In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, ...

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Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...