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How do immune cells enter tissues to protect the body?

Most cells in our body don’t move: they stay put, forming dense tissues. But one population of cells moves continually, and we would not survive without them. These immune cells arrive at any spot in our body where damage or infection arises. Immune cells... click to read more

Views 910
Reading time 3.5 min
published on Jan 17, 2023
Can nerve signals put a halt to type 1 diabetes?

In type 1 diabetes the immune system goes awry, but the reasons why are not completely understood, and we lack treatments to control type 1 diabetes. We found that nerve signals may hold one key to solving the mystery. Normally your blood sugar level is... click to read more

  • Gustaf Christoffersson | Assistant Professor at Department of Medical Cell Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
Views 2021
Reading time 3 min
published on Feb 16, 2022
Our blood may be making us smarter

There is nothing subtle about the immune system. T cells, potent immune cells found in the blood, can kill just about anything. In response to a viral infection, T cells move in, kill any of your cells that have a virus inside them, coordinate a... click to read more

Views 3137
Reading time 4 min
published on Mar 1, 2021
Charting the immune landscape in brain cancers

Thanks to revolutionary advances in cancer research, several cancer types can today be treated and controlled over long periods, similar to other chronic diseases. Among the most recent developments are immunotherapies, which aim to activate the patients' immune system to fight cancer. While immunotherapies have... click to read more

  • Klara Soukup | Research Associate at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Johanna A. Joyce | Professor at Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Views 4438
Reading time 4 min
published on Nov 27, 2020
Tumor infiltrating immune cells predict patient outcomes

There has been much investigation into the role of the body's immune system in fighting or promoting the development of cancer, and in recent years, one particular type of immune cell, the CD8 T cell, has been shown to be important for fighting cancer in... click to read more

  • Caroline S. Jansen | MD/PhD Student at Department of Urology, School of Medicine; Winship Cancer Institute; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine; Emory Vaccine Centre, School of Medicine; Emory University , Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Haydn T. Kissick | Assistant Professor at Department of Urology, School of Medicine; Winship Cancer Institute; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine; Emory Vaccine Centre, School of Medicine; Emory University , Atlanta, GA, USA
Views 3033
Reading time 3 min
published on Oct 14, 2020