Chronic and viral infections can literally exhaust certain key cells in the immune system from a constant barrage of attacks.

T Cells: Tireless Soldiers Feeling the Heat Our immune system has a particularly fearsome weapon in its fight against cancer: ...

Immunotherapy for cancer works like a guided missile, directing the body's immune cells toward tumor cells. However, not all immune cells respond to the call to attack, and this can lead to ...

T cell lymphomas are notoriously difficult to treat because immunotherapy, despite being one of the most effective therapies for treating cancer, can't easily distinguish cancerous T cells from ...

Inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s hypnotic, proliferating forms, the Cell cover artwork evokes this process through sprawling, tendril-like weeds that represent unfolded proteins accumulating within cells in ...

Patient recounts IL‑2 therapy chills, rigors, ICU seizure scare, and recovery—what treatment feels like and why monitoring matters. This episode takes a closer look at the biology behind TIL therapy.

Why do some of the most advanced cancer therapies fail against solid tumors? Despite remarkable success in blood cancers, CAR-T cell treatment is much less effective against solid tumors due to the ...

T cells (red) attack cancer cell (white) / Rita Elena Serda, Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, NIH Share Lights, vitamin, action. A ...