Immunotherapy has transformed healthcare and how physicians treat patients. Various forms of immunotherapy have been ...

EPFL researchers have successfully engineered cells of the immune system to more effectively recognize cancer cells. The work ...

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

Human intestinal M cells function as dendritic cell-like antigen-presenting cells, displaying constitutive MHC-II activity and specialized machinery for processing gluten. Their ability to deamidate ...

Mucosal surfaces serve as critical battlegrounds where the immune system must balance tolerance to commensal organisms with rapid defense against pathogens.

Immunotherapy uses a person's own immune system to fight cancer. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are one class of immunotherapy that block specific proteins from slowing the immune response. As a result, ...

A therapy based on messenger RNA (mRNA), a genetic material actively studied for vaccines and other applications, has turned ...

A recent study has reported that a short-acting mRNA therapy can rejuvenate immune function in older mice by compensating for ...