T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

A research team has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in cells when their DNA is damaged. This discovery deepens the understanding of a new type of ...

Innate immune sensors – known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) – detect specific molecular components of bacterial or ...

In a recently published review, a research team led by MedUni Vienna has highlighted a promising new approach to drug ...

A new study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an 'outside in' signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell. The work reveals a new signaling mechanism that could be exploited for delivering other ...

In this piece, I highlight one particular talk that caught my interest — given by Elana Fertig, Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how calcium signaling channels in microglia—the primary immune cells of the ...