Immunology is the scientific discipline that investigates the molecular, cellular, and systemic mechanisms underlying immune recognition, regulation, and effector function in vertebrates and other organisms. It encompasses the study of innate and adaptive immune responses, including antigen processing and presentation, clonal selection, tolerance, immune memory, and the cytokine networks that orchestrate these processes. Immunology also examines the pathophysiology of immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmunity, allergy, immunodeficiencies, and transplant rejection, and underpins the rational design of vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, immunotherapies, and diagnostic assays through quantitative, genetic, and systems-level approaches.
A study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo. Using cryo-electron microscopy and high-speed atomic force microscopy, they found that LGP2 ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Over the years, cell biology has built a detailed picture of how cells compartmentalize their internal functions. Central to this organization is the nucleus, which houses the genetic material and is separated from the cytoplasm ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Canine cancer patients receiving a new form of immunotherapy lived longer or shorter depending on the composition of their microbiome, the community of organisms living in their gut. Results of the clinical trial led by Oregon ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 17, 2026
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What if cattle were selected not only for their productivity, but also for their resistance to disease? A study conducted by a team of scientists combining systemic immunology, genomics and machine learning provides a better ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 11, 2026
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University of Toronto researchers have expanded our understanding of bacterial immunity with the discovery of a new protein that can both sense and counteract viral infections. In the study, published in Nature, researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2026
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Australian researchers have developed a powerful new way to target deadly, drug-resistant bacteria by designing antibodies that recognize a sugar found only on bacterial cells—an advance that could underpin a new generation ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 4, 2026
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One llama is sprawled on the grass with its neck craned, basking in a patch of sunshine. Another stands on a dirt hill, ears flattened defiantly. A third rushes to greet visitors with a friendly nuzzle. This isn't a petting ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 26, 2026
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A vaccine developed to tackle Streptococcus suis, an economically damaging disease endemic in the global pig population, has outperformed a leading commercially available vaccine in a challenge trial. The trial showed the ...
Veterinary medicine
Jan 23, 2026
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A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that an enzyme involved in protein ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2026
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In a multi-institutional study published today in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported that engineered bispecific nanobodies successfully strengthened mucosal ...
Bio & Medicine
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