New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing ...

T cell immunity has emerged as a pivotal component in the development of effective malaria vaccines, complementing humoral responses and addressing the limitations of antibody-focused approaches. Upon ...

T cells are a major component to the immune system. They are responsible for identifying and targeting foreign material and ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cellular mechanisms that cause immune cells to differentiate and ultimately lose function during viral infection, findings that could improve ...

When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...