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

In this thesis, we have investigated a specific type of T cell, the γδT cell, and its potential as an immunotherapy against cancer. We aimed to improve current γδT cell-based therapies and demonstrate ...

Scientists have found a way to transform hard-to-treat tumors into targets for the immune system. Using two protein ...

In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy—which aims to boost the body's natural defenses against cancer—is experiencing remarkable growth. Most of these treatments are based on CD8 T lymphocytes, ...

Multiple sclerosis, which affects around one in 500 people in Switzerland, is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells ...

Listen to Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates in medicine, talk about his research on The Conversation Weekly ...

Johns Hopkins scientists discovered a way to convert “immune-cold” tumors into “immune-hot” ones by activating key immune ...

In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy - which aims to boost the body's natural defences against cancer - is experiencing remarkable growth. Most of these treatments are based on CD8 T lymphocytes ...

Killer immune cells destroy cancer cells and cells infected by virus. These CD8 + T cells are activated after detection of viral infection or growth of “non-self” tumor cells. However, in chronic ...

New research found that gene therapy for children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency was successful in 95% of ...