T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

Cancer-fighting T cells do not simply "run out of energy." They are molecularly reprogrammed. For years, mitochondrial ...

In preliminary experiments with mice and lab-grown cells, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have found that a protein-signaling process accelerates the work of the gene most frequently ...

A lipid hidden within cells called phosphatidylserine reveals how the body initiates the removal of threats and cellular debris.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism.

As inflamed regions of the gut form scar tissue, the space within the gut lumen becomes smaller and more restricted, leading ...

Researchers have identified a specific hormone produced by pancreatic beta cells as a direct driver of obesity-linked ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response to cancer in mice—effectively ...

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...