Human peadiatric thymus image from the IBEX protein multiplex (44 proteins on the same image) platform. Thymic epithelial cells are labeled with DEC205 (cyan), pan-cytokeratin (purple), keratin 5 (red ...

Gut bacteria aren’t just passive passengers—they can actively send proteins straight into our cells. Using microscopic injection systems, even harmless microbes can influence immune responses and ...

Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater ...

Scientists have developed a method to reprogram cancer-fighting immune cells directly inside the body, potentially ...

Paving way for new therapies, researchers decode how parasites that spread one of the world's deadliest diseases use trickery ...

An electron microscope image of the Epstein-Barr virus, one of the viruses studied. (NIAID) Even the healthiest people among ...

Asha Torczon explores how the eradication of parasites may have made us more vulnerable to immune disease The global disease ...

When the Human Genome Project mapped and sequenced the entire set of DNA instructions in a human cell—a 13-year, $2.7 billion global endeavor that completed in 2003—it produced one of humanity’s ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) not only impact an individual's health, but also result in multibillion-dollar ...

A team at Stanford Medicine has delivered something people with Type 1 diabetes have waited decades to hear: a cure in animals that does not rely on toxic chemotherapy or lifelong immune drugs. In ...