A team at the Medical University of South Carolina and Cincinnati Children's has developed a sophisticated model for studying the diseased colon that could lead to the development of personalized ...

Pathogens are a ubiquitous threat faced by all domains of life. To defend themselves against pathogens, host organisms deploy sophisticated, multicomponent immune systems. There are two main ...

Innate Immunity is a nonspecific host defense mechanism against foreign antigens. It is the first line of defense in a host and occurs immediately or within hours after exposure. This type of immunity ...

The immune system is a complex network of cells and chemicals that defend the body against harmful invaders like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. It includes various components such as ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. In this Review, we provide a timely overview of the discovery, diversity and potential applications of direct inhibitors that ...

Researchers explore the human immune system by looking at the active components, namely the various genes and cells involved. But there is a broad range of these, and observations necessarily produce ...

Cigarette smoking is prevalent worldwide and causes numerous diseases, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke (CS) causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, and has held back the ...

You might think of cancer as a mass of rogue cells that grow uncontrollably. But cancer is more organized and strategic than ...

Your immune system could weigh 1 to 1.2 kilograms and contain 1.8 trillion cells. “The immune system is a complex system comprising many different cell types with essential functions,” says Ron Milo ...

Dr. Jorge Munera in his laboratory at the Medical University of South Caroilina. Dr. Munera is an MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and an assistant professor in the Department of Regenerative ...