Seeing sick-looking faces in virtual reality triggers brain circuit changes related to threat detection and boosts activity of certain immune cells.

Researchers monitored brain activity when people were shown images of sick-looking avatars via VR. The brain appeared to ...

By tracking plasmids that were selectively depleted, we identified over 100 candidate phage trigger- E. coli pairs. Two phage trigger proteins were investigated in detail, revealing a novel antiphage ...

Not only do mitochondria serve as the engine of the cell – they also act as watchtowers for the immune system.

A research team at the University of Münster has investigated for the first time how the confrontation of bacteria with hosts that have an activated innate immune system affects the evolution of ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and ...

While checkpoint inhibitors act on the adaptive immune system, releasing the “brakes” on T cells, BCG appears to condition the innate immune system to provide better instruction and support to ...

The "innate" immune system offers rapid, general defenses against new threats, whereas the "adaptive" immune system prepares responses tailored to threats it has previously encountered.

Its innovative approach aims to harness the innate immune system through three therapeutic approaches: multi-specific NK Cell Engagers via its ANKET ® (Antibody-based NK cell Engager Therapeutics ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

Discovery of innate immune receptor "brake" Siglec-E offers a novel therapeutic target to prevent organ transplant rejection in mice.