Fast-acting immune cells blur traditional divide between innate and adaptive immunity

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and Complutense University of Madrid have shown that γδ T ...
Phys.org

CRISPR-Cas coordinates a layered bacterial defense network in innate immunity

All cellular life—from humans to bacteria—possesses two layers of immunity: innate and adaptive. Scientists have long understood how these two types of immunity work together in higher organisms but ...
News Medical

Innate immunity and metabolic stress drive a unique form of cell death

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur together. A study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital published today in ...
BIOENGINEER

Cellular Nibbling: How Trogocytosis Shapes Immunity, Cancer, and Infection

A new review examines how trogocytosis, the process by which cells nibble membrane fragments from one another, shapes immune ...
Cancer Network

Innate lymphoid cells prevent graft-versus-host disease via IL-9-driven T-cell senescence

Researchers have observed that HSC–derived innate lymphoid cells prevent GVHD by inducing interleukin 9 driven T-cell senescence. Researchers at the University of Colorado have observed that ...