Brief exposure to "danger signals" can prime the innate immune system into a long-term hyperreactive and inflammatory state.

Stem cells provide new insights into cardiovascular disease, helping researchers understand its causes and identify potential ...

When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize ...

Research published today in Stem Cell Reports provides evidence that brief exposure to certain “danger signals” can prime the ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in ...

A new generation of cancer therapies has emerged over the past few decades, including checkpoint inhibitors and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies that modify or directly use T-cells ...

A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has found evidence that targeting CD47, a protein that is part of ...

A healthy balance between innate and adaptive immune cells is the hallmark of a youthful immune system-;and a key to longevity. Our study provides compelling evidence that when a small subset of blood ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In new research done on mice, scientists point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells, which make ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways -- ways that have important implications for the development of ...