New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing ...

Persistent viral infections pose a unique challenge to the immune system. Prolonged antigen exposure drives T cells into a state of exhaustion — a ...

When thinking of the immune system, most people imagine white blood cells putting up a fight against invading germs in the ...

Experiments in humans and mice suggest that certain white blood cells, known as T-cells, may respond to infections more ...

T cells are some of the immune system's most important warriors. They can stop tumor growth and even fight off severe ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic rules that determine whether the immune system’s “killer” T cells remain powerful long-term defenders or become worn out and ineffective. By building a detailed ...

Knowable Magazine reports on a revolutionary CAR T-cell therapy, originally for cancer, now showing promise for autoimmune ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden immune system "brake" that may help cancers avoid being destroyed. The molecule, called ...

FIU researchers discover a way to help CAR-T cells survive longer, fight tumors better and resist cancer’s defenses.

CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand could make it even more effective ...