These three videos can be used together to demonstrate how germs and viruses are spread, and the importance of hygiene and hand washing.

An antibody (teal) bound to its target, the HIV protein Env (white and gray), also attaches to an immune cell via a receptor (red) on the immune cell’s surface. This interaction can activate the ...

Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that experience, whether it's with an invader or a vaccine that mimics an infection, for example. Scientists have now developed a way ...

Most cells evolve slowly, accumulating incremental changes that better suit their environments. Immune cells, because they must adapt rapidly to counter new threats, evolve much more quickly. Part of ...

ONE of the most important features of the immune system is that it can learn and remember, a kind of biological intelligence that is rivalled only by the brain. And just like the brain, researchers ...

Fighting off pathogens is a tour de force that must happen with speed and precision. A team of researchers at CeMM and MedUni Vienna led by Christoph Bock and Matthias Farlik has investigated how ...

Scientists have found a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, essentially ...