Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination generate strong, highly specific spike-binding immune responses ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

A new study explains how pancreatic tumors use a sugar coating to hide from the immune system and shows that a newly ...

Antibodies, also known as immunoglobulins, are specialized proteins produced by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. They are ...

A new study analyzing the immune response to COVID-19 in a Catalan cohort of health workers sheds light on an important question: does it matter whether a person was first infected or first vaccinated ...

A new study shows how person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. A new study has shown that person-to-person ...

Northwestern scientists said they found pancreatic cancer cells play a trick on a person's immune system by wearing a sugar cloak to disguise themselves as a healthy cell.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, often diagnosed late and resistant to treatment Scientists discovered a new sugar-based cloak that helps tumor cells evade the immune system An ...