We owe a lot to tissue resident memory T cells (T RM). These specialized immune cells are among the body's first responders to disease. Rather than coursing through the bloodstream-as many T cells ...

When you were first conceived, you were a single cell. From this basic fact, we can extrapolate a few things, most especially that all the cells that make up your body today came (indirectly) from ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that combining key vaccine ingredients could give the ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before. This breakthrough may help explain why immunotherapy works for some ...

In the setting of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, do T cells make things better, or worse? A simple answer just won’t do—it likely depends on the type of T cells, where they are in ...