An international group of researchers has identified an important mechanism that enables stem cells to evade immune rejection. Their research, published in Nature, sheds light on how these specialized ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers defined eight subsets of airway CD4+ tissue-resident memory T cells. Nearly 65% of all CD4+ T cells ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are looking at gut immune cells in their research for treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images Scientists say they have identified a unique ...

The immune system is comprised of various cells that work in concert to fight off disease. The two immune responses, innate and adaptive, are orchestrated to build a specific reaction to the invading ...

The immune system is comprised of two separate active arms of immunity to provide robust protection against disease. The two separate systems of immunity include the innate and adaptive immune ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have characterised a specialised type of immune cell, which plays a key role in ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have made a significant discovery regarding the cultivation of ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that plays a key role in this protection is the microfold cell, or M cell.

Jennifer Zenker receives funding from NHMRC and Viertel Foundation. Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in ...

Drosophila melanogaster has long served as a powerful model for dissecting the principles of tissue homeostasis and regeneration. Within the adult midgut, intestinal stem cells (ISCs) perform the ...

International team identify immune cells responsible for some hard-to-treat asthma cases Scientists from the University of Southampton and La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), in California, have ...

Scientists have made an important discovery about the relationship between hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and immune response evasion. Their findings show how certain HSCs have regulatory functions ...