Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is a promising immunotherapy against cancer. The idea is to fortify a person’s immune system to fight its own battle by boosting T cells with the ability ...

T-cell therapies work well for blood cancers, but they come with caveats—a major one being that they’re cumbersome and expensive to tailor to a patient’s specific cancer type. On top of that, the ...

However, the measurement of sIL-2R is simple compared to the complex story behind this biomarker that has become so central to the study of immune-mediated disease. Why measure soluble interleukin-2 ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are incretin analogues that promote glucose-mediated insulin release and are used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. GLP-1 receptor ...

The surface of B cells is covered with antigen receptors with which they recognize invading pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. When a B cell receptor binds to an antigen, that is, to a foreign ...

Accurate measurement of HMGB-1, neopterin and sIL-2R supports reliable assessment of immune activation across clinical and ...

The strongest human data on psychedelic and cannabis co-use comes from a 2022 prospective survey study by Kuc et al.

A bitter taste has always been considered a warning signal, devoted to protecting us from ingesting potentially harmful substances. But bitter taste receptors can apparently do much more than just ...