Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have uncovered how chronic inflammation disrupts the immune ...

An AdobeStock photo illustrates cell phone usage in a classroom. Kansas Senate leaders from both parties unveiled bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that would ban cell phones in K-12 classrooms. The ...

Cell coverings can be observed in all major groups of organisms, which include animals, plants, fungi, protists and prokaryotes. They play a key role in assuring cell survival or adaptation to certain ...

One of the main changes is a loss of the innate immune system's naive T cells, the first line of defense against pathogens, and an increase in the adaptive immune system's memory T cells. This ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A one-time infusion of BMS-986353, a CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, improved lung function and skin thickness.

This figure shows primary T cells modified using two approaches. CAR receptors are introduced through targeted DNA insertion (top), while CRISPRoff mRNA and guide RNAs silence additional genes through ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic and widely prevalent condition characterized by a progressive loss of glycemic control driven by both insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction. The disease has long ...

MIT and Harvard scientists have created engineered CAR-NK cells that can hide from the immune system and more effectively destroy cancer. The cells are designed to suppress immune-rejection signals ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (PIX11) – After only two weeks in school, Jersey City Public Schools students will soon be facing some major changes starting in October. Cell phones will be banned at Jersey City ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

Keeping a qubit stable is difficult enough, even in an ideal environment. Now, researchers have figured out how to make a protein behave like a qubit in a living cell. Fluorescent proteins were used ...