It was long deemed the blunt branch of our immunity, while B cells and T cells did the splashy stuff. But that was an underestimation — and now scientists are trying to harness it for therapies.

A review in Genes & Immunity details the mechanisms by which phosphoantigens and butyrophilins activate γ9δ2 T cells, ...

"What is immunity, anyway?""How does it protect the body from bacteria and viruses?"We don't usually think about it, but our environment is actually filled with various bacteria and viruses.Naturally, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Complutense University of Madrid have shown that γδ T cells use adaptive immune receptors to drive rapid, innate-like responses to ...

The innate response's job is to assess the threat and determine how best to handle it. When it has a firm grasp on the situation, and if it can't deal with the threat itself, the innate response ...

He began searching for novel parasite-fighting immune cells. McKenzie knew that IL-25 triggers a class of T cells called type-2 helper T cells (Th2s) to proliferate and produce IL-13, and he wondered ...

Jérémie Le Pen, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, shares one thing everyone should know about the innate immune system, our body’s ...

On Immunity and VaccinesIs it better to have higher immunity?I often see advertisements saying, "Boost your immunity!" but immunity is not something that is better the higher it is. Everything has an ...

The tests, created by rhinologist Dr. Henry Barham, measure bitter taste receptors that he believes may help predict how ...