Memory cells in the nose slow the influenza virus as soon as it enters the body. They reduce viral levels and may help ...

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 ...

A team of researchers from Brown University Health and Brown University has uncovered an important clue in the fight against ...

The average human has about 1.8 trillion immune cells. These cells patrol the body for bacteria, viruses, cancers, and other threats. Vaccines enhance this security system by teaching our immune cells ...

Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital demonstrate that virtual memory T cells, a specialized group of immune cells, provide nonspecific immunity for infants early in life. The work stems ...

The study, "A transcriptionally distinct subset of influenza-specific effector memory B cells predicts long-lived antibody responses to vaccination in humans,” was published in Immunity. “Our study ...

University of Birmingham (Ala.) researchers discovered a new class of gene regulatory elements that hold an “immunological memory.” The EMBO J published the research, which Biotechnology and ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted pathogen. For some HPV types, infection can cause people to develop warts on different parts of the body. Some types of HPV are asymptomatic ...

The research group of prof. Sanjiv Luther at the department of immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered ...