A new study has found that creatine can provide a crucial energy boost to key immune cells, allowing them to effectively ...

Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators have discovered a potential treatment target that may re-energize dysfunctional or "exhausted" immune cells in their fight against cancer. Subscribe to ...

"We're making essentially your immune system do a better job at recognition of the tumor and elimination of the tumor," one ...

A new generation of CAR T cell therapy is bringing hope in the fight against cancer, targeting not only blood cancers but also solid tumors such as ovarian and breast cancer. Fraunhofer researchers ...

Immunotherapy for cancer works like a guided missile, directing the body's immune cells toward tumor cells. However, not all immune cells respond to the call to attack, and this can lead to ...

T cells are specialized immune cells designed to identify and eliminate disease. In the context of chronic inflammatory illness, such as infection or cancer, the body needs a constant presence of this ...

A UCL research team has found clues as to why some nerve cells die in dementia and not others, through a new study in fruit flies. The study, published in Cell Reports, is helping to answer one of the ...

Angus reports on the basic research, clinical science, and drug development that may transform survival and quality of life for patients, as well as developments affecting the cancer community. You ...

Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the small intestine. Your ...

Patient recounts IL‑2 therapy chills, rigors, ICU seizure scare, and recovery—what treatment feels like and why monitoring matters. This episode takes a closer look at the biology behind TIL therapy.