How immune cells deliver their deadly cargo: An unexpected connection to lipid metabolism

When immune cells strike, precision is everything. New research reveals how natural killer and T cells orchestrate the ...
Scientific American

Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How Hunting for a Mysterious T Cell Earned Him a Nobel Prize

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells ...

Nobel Prize Winner Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How He Discovered Regulatory T Cells

In 2006 immunologist and 2025 Nobel prize winner Shimon Sakaguchi co-wrote an article in Scientific American that now feels ...
Medscape

SCD Impairs T-Cell Function in Cancer

Sickle cell disease (SCD) altered CD8+ T-cell chromatin architecture, triggering ferroptosis and weakening antitumor immunity. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) treatment restored chromatin interactions and ...
News Medical

COVID boosters do not harm T-cell function in the vulnerable

Contrary to public concerns, receiving frequent COVID-19 booster vaccinations will not weaken the immune system, providing reassurance to vulnerable groups facing new variants. Study: No evidence of ...
eLife

Blocking Osteoprotegerin Reprograms Cancer Associated Fibroblast to Promotes Immune Infiltration into the Tumor Microenvironment

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States ...
Earth.com

Very common virus found to drive cancer growth by hijacking cells

HPV, a very common virus, is found to hijack the body's cells to directly drive skin cancer growth, even after surgeries and medication.