Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it ...

As part of the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in the innate immune ...

T cells, which target infection and disease, can become more effective after a meal. The finding might help improve ...

Macrophages use cell‑volume changes to sense danger, reprogram gene expression, and heighten inflammatory and antiviral responses.

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have uncovered a previously unknown way the immune system fights cancer — and the ...

New research published in Nature reveals that eating can temporarily enhance T cell function, giving immune cells a metabolic edge that may improve infection defense and cancer immunotherapy outcomes.

Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's defense systems, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell ...

Metabolic timing is emerging as an underappreciated factor in immune resilience. Rather than viewing fasting and eating as ...

Non-immune cells play a crucial and often underappreciated role in host defense against invading pathogens. Beyond serving as passive physical barriers, ...