Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...

When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. Now researchers ...

A virtual cell modeling system, powered by AI, will lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of diseases, argue the cofounders of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As the smallest living units, cells ...

Autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are stark reminders of what happens when the immune system mistakes your own cells as threats it needs to attack. But how ...

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine. But a new study finds that the animals have a surprising similarity ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells follow ...

This study concluded that a combo of the COVID vaccine together with regular cancer treatment was the much-needed solution.

A research team has introduced a novel cancer immunotherapy strategy. This approach involves attaching "fake targets" to ...

When a person thinks, speaks, eats, walks, or just sits comfortably with all bodily systems functioning normally, the billions of cells that make up the brain and the rest of the nervous system are ...