Explore how our immune system balances defense against invaders and tolerates food proteins to prevent allergies and asthma.

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T-cell activation involves two phases, enabling a more precise immune response. This insight may boost cancer immunotherapy ...

Many different cancer treatments work to directly target the tumor or the cells around it. The immediate goal is to mitigate ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and ...

Tolerogenic dendritic cells in the intestines are shown to reduce the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins.

Discover a study where researchers have discovered a myeloid-derived antigen-presenting cells population essential for peripherally induced regulatory T cells.

A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), in collaboration with the Instituto ...

Researchers at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have made a breakthrough in cancer ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...