Many of the most common diseases, like heart failure, liver failure, Type 1 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease, occur when cells or whole organs fail to do their job. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if it were ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a subset of immune cells are essential for successful organ transplantation acceptance and that therapeutically targeting them may improve ...

For something so small, the thymus has had an oddly quiet life in medicine. It sits behind the sternum and helps train T ...

A Medical University of South Carolina team reports in Frontiers in Immunology that it has engineered a new type of genetically modified immune cell that can precisely target and neutralize ...

Olympics Gold Medal Swimming in the Men’s 200 meter Individual Medley Final via GIPHY. The GIF above shows Michael Phelps swimming in the 200m Individual Medley at the 2016 Olympics. He is the most ...

B cells are white blood cells that form a core part of the body's adaptive immune system, enabling it to recognize specific ...

Two papers recently published in Nature Communications signal a landmark in the development of more complex and representative organoid systems. The papers come as the result of a collaboration ...

Several liver transplant recipients have stayed off anti-rejection drugs for at least three years following an experimental ...

Do you ever wonder how your body feels your mood, when you’re happy or sad your body seems to reflect the inner states, you can feel it in your tissue? Your fascia is. The connective tissue your body ...