Across the immunity cycle, NPs can co-deliver tumor antigens and adjuvants to DCs, enhance major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-mediated cross-presentation, and promote cytotoxic T ...

An epigenetic mechanism by which tumors manage to hide from the body's immune defenses has just been described by an ...

MIT engineers have developed a new way to amplify the T-cell response to mRNA vaccines—an advance that could lead to much ...

A recent Views & Comments article published in Engineering highlights advances in repurposing influenza viruses as flexible ...

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified variants of a chaperone molecule known as TAPBPR that optimizes the binding and presentation of foreign antigens across the ...

A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body’s immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of scientists into fundamental immune system function.

Engineered nanoparticles can improve cancer immunotherapy by delivering drugs, antigens, and genetic payloads with greater ...

Antigen tests can identify the presence of antigens within the body, which are substances that cause immune responses, such as the release of antibodies. The immune system, and antibodies specifically ...

Antigens and antibodies play vital but distinct roles in illness and disease. One tries to wreak havoc on our health while the other fights to protect it. Simply put, antigens can make you sick, and ...