Cancer treatment has made great progress over the past few decades, but many solid tumors remain very difficult to treat.

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, ...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) or scleroderma is a rare, chronic, autoimmune disorder that hardens connective tissue and muscle in the body. As a result, this can generate complications associated with skin ...

The change in proteinuria was significantly greater with pegcetacoplan than placebo, representing a 68.1% relative reduction vs placebo. HealthDay News — Among patients with C3 glomerulopathy or ...

The high-affinity Fc gamma receptor I (FcγRI) plays a crucial role in the immune system. Also known as CD64, FcγRI is a high-affinity receptor on myeloid cells that bind to the Fc region of IgG ...

An international research group directed by UMC Utrecht have developed and characterized two first-in-class antibodies that specifically block the high-affinity IgG receptor FcγRI. Their findings open ...

Scripps Research scientists found that HIV vaccination can lead to the production of anti-immune complex antibodies (blue) that recognize immune complexes composed of antibodies (green) rather than ...

When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in "low power" mode to preserve immune function ...

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...