Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a mechanism that ovarian tumors use to cripple immune cells and impede ...

Researchers have discovered that GPR31, found in certain immune cells in the human gut, plays a key role in responding to bacterial metabolites and activating immune responses. Specifically, in the ...

The well-established existence of sex differences in immune responses, including immune responses driven by T cells, cuts ...

For Caetano-Anolles, co-evolution from a single common ancestor seems to be the most likely origin of viruses and bacteria.

"T cells rely on lipids as fuel, burning them in their mitochondria to power their fight against pathogens and tumors," explained senior author, Dr. Juan Cubillos-Ruiz, The William J. Ledger, M.D., ...

Analyzing the genetics of patients that responded well to checkpoint blockade revealed mutations in the gene Asxl1 in immune ...

a gene in T cells, improved sensitivity to a type of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint blockade and improved long-term ...

Even as cancer remains a leading cause of death globally, bacteria-based cancer therapy presents an exciting and innovative ...

While no candy is truly healthy, some options are better for your gut than others. And there are ways you can help wake your ...

New method cultures antitumor bacteria and enhances anticancer properties by using highly porous scaffolds of bacteria.

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

As strains of pathogens resistant to frontline antibiotics become more common worldwide, clinicians are more often turning to ...