Why does the immune system become less effective as we age? A new USC study published in BMC Biology offers fresh insights by ...

Macrophages, as integral components of the immune system, exhibit diverse roles due to their ability to assume various polarized phenotypes. The ...

Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit for giving the human immune system a memory. Now, researchers at the ...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have discovered a new population of macrophages, important innate immune cells that populate the lungs after injury caused by respiratory viruses.

Macrophages—or “big eaters”—are exactly what they sound like. These immune cells roam our bodies hunting down infections, cancers, or injuries. When they detect a target, the cells release a calvary ...

(Juan Gartner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The human immune system has evolved an incredible ability to fight off ...

Immune-inspired nanodiscs attacked Candida albicans by damaging fungal membranes. The discs used macrophage membranes to ...

All tissue samples were obtained from the Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Patients with pancreatitis, lymphoma, and systemic infection and who were on ...