Cancer immunotherapy works by mobilizing the body's own immune system to recognize and destroy malignant cells.

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it is properly activated. In...

A remarkable new way to tackle deadly drug-resistant infections - by supercharging the body's own immune cells rather than relying on new medicines -...

As tumours outgrow their blood and nutrient supplies, or respond to treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy, individual cancer cells die,...

Although cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment by harnessing the immune system to eliminate tumors, only a small subset of patients benefit....

Tumors do not communicate only with immune cells, blood vessels, and stromal tissue. A growing body of evidence suggests that cancer can also co-opt...

Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients' own immune cells.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the body’s immune system; if left untreated, it can lead to AIDS — a late stage of infection that...

SYDNEY, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in Australia have identified a potential new way to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections by boosting the...

Scientists have uncovered a new weakness in harmful “zombie-like” cells that may help doctors fight cancer and age-related diseases more...