Scientists Identify Immune System Trigger For Fighting Lyme Disease
Researchers have announced an important finding on Lyme disease that could eventually lead to the development of a new vaccine to prevent this tick-borne disorder.

Immune Cell Communication Key To Hunting Viruses
Immunologists have used nanotechnology to create a novel “biosensor” to solve in part a perplexing problem in immunology: how immune system cells called killer T-cells hunt down invading viruses.

Yale Study Explains Complex Infection Fighting Mechanism
Researchers report how infection fighting mechanisms in the body can distinguish between a virus and the healthy body, shedding new light on auto immune disorders.

Gladstone Investigators Discover How Resting T Cells Avoid HIV Infection
Scientists have discovered the mechanism that enables some CD4 T cells -- the main target of HIV -- to thwart the virus.

The immune system: a new look at pain
An article that reviews the relationship between the immune system and the mechanism of pain...

Multiple Sclerosis Progression Linked To Immune-cell Substance
A new study suggests that a substance made by immune cells plays a key role in the progression of a disease in animals that closely mimics multiple sclerosis

Researchers Unlock Key Secrets Showing How Tumors Hide From Immune System
Researchers have unlocked at least part of the mystery of how tumors flourish undetected by keeping their presence a secret from sentries of the body's immune system.

Old Mystery Solved, Revealing Origin Of Regulatory T Cells That 'Police' And Protect The Body
Hassall's corpuscles produce chemical signals that direct a specialized group of dendritic cells to turn some of the bad Tcells into "good cop" regulatory T cells.

UBC Researcher Discovers 'Control Room' That Regulates Immune Responses
The approximately 50 million people in the U.S. who suffer from autoimmune diseases like HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, may soon be able to control their immune responses.

Immune System Research Holds Hope For Understanding Recurrent Miscarriages, Helping Transplant And Cancer Patients
A mother's immune system may attack a fetus from multiple fronts, by sending in killer T-cells, by producing antibodies that target fetal cells or by coating cells with a destructive, soluble blood factor called complement, according to researchers.

Researchers Find How Tuberculosis Bacterium Evades Detection By Immune System
Growth of the bacteria in the lungs of infected persons is controlled in many cases, but not eradicated, by the immune system. However, when immunity fails because of malnutrition, aging, or HIV infection, the bacteria grow, causing active TB of the lung.

Scientists Discover New Molecule Of The Immune System: A Chemokine That Binds One Of The HIV Co-Receptors
Scientists have discovered a new molecule of the immune system -- a member of a family of proteins called chemokines which recruit the body's army of defensive immune cells to sites of invasion

New Study Shows Antibody-interleukin Complexes Stimulate Immune Responses
The findings could also be significant for developing new ways to help patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or juvenile diabetes.

Interactions Between Natural Killer Cells, Cortisol and Prolactin in Malaria During Pregnancy
New insights into Natural Killer cell biology have suggested their major roles in the control of infections, particularly in Plasmodium falciparum infection and in fetal implantation.

Inhibitory Switch Found For Master Regulator Of Inflammation, Gladstone Researchers Report
Often called the "master regulator," NF-kB is a protein that controls a whole host of important bodily functions including the key inflammatory and immune responses.

Immune System Discovery Offers Hope For Cancer, AIDS Patients
Monash University scientists have rejuvenated the immune systems of mice and humans using a common hormone.

Novel Molecule May Contribute To Intestinal Health
New data suggests that a novel molecule appears to be involved in the intestine's response to infection.