A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

T-cell activation involves two phases, enabling a more precise immune response. This insight may boost cancer immunotherapy effectiveness. A research team led by Wolfgang Kastenmüller and Georg ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

Compromised antigen presentation ranks among the top mechanisms that render cancers non-immunogenic (non-responsive to immune ...

A team of researchers from the University of Chicago, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, ...

Host-pathogen interactions continue to challenge the fields of immunology and infectious disease research, as pathogens deploy a range of strategies to ...