Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic.

Your immune system includes your body's cells, tissues, and organs, which work together to fight off infections and diseases. But how much do you know about it? When you understand everything that ...

To his physician, University of California at San Francisco virologist Jay Levy, Cody may be living proof of the power of the "innate" immune system, an ancient and inherited arsenal of biological ...

How chronic activation of the innate immune system can lead to cancer The newer paper, led by first author Hexiao Wang, Ph.D.

Scientists at Scripps Research and collaborators have now uncovered how our innate immune system – the body's first line of quick defense in attacking foreign invaders – detects HIV-1 ...

NK cells are lymphocytes of the innate immune system. Their name says it all—they eliminate virus-infected cells or tumors. Therefore, they have been extensively studied in the field of tumor ...