An adult human body consists of some 37 trillion cells. Not so long ago, these were thought to come in 220 different types.

Our livers contain many different types of immune cells. New research by the team of Prof. Charlotte Scott (VIB-UGent Center ...

DNA Damage Can Last Unrepaired for Years, Changing Our View of Mutations Jan. 15, 2025 — While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in ...

Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of exhaustion, where its ...

Intermediate group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) appear to be able to get around cutting-edge asthma treatments by ...

Iowa State University scientists recently made a significant breakthrough in scientists’ ability to identify specific ...