Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

The field of infectious disease immunology has increasingly focused on the dynamic interplay between host immune responses and sexually transmitted ...

A new review by Dr. Ruyuan Wang and an international team of researchers explores the complex interactions between the innate and adaptive immune systems, shedding light on regulatory mechanisms in ...

It starts with a sneeze. Someone on the subway didn't cover their mouth and now a cloud of invisible invaders hangs in the air. Before you even step off the train, your immune system has already begun ...

Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit for giving the human immune system a memory. Now, researchers at the ...

Macrophages, the immune system’s front-line scavenger cells, do more than simply digest dead cells. A new study published in ...

Immunotherapy has transformed the field of medicine. In the context of cancer, immune cells become dysregulated and lose the ability to recognize and target the tumor. The tumor reshapes its ...

Anthony Wong is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia that receives funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Health Research BC, and Canadian Biomedical ...

Despite substantial progress in cancer treatment, durable benefit is still frequently limited by the ability of tumors to adapt under therapeutic pressure.