For decades, dogma dictated that the immune system consisted of two separate branches. Cells of the innate system respond rapidly to molecular patterns shared by a broad array of pathogens. Meanwhile, ...
Immune cells not only remember viruses, but can also secrete tumor-fighting antibodies, say Weizmann Institute researchers; study could further development of cancer vaccines The post In a world first ...
However, details of the intervening steps, as researchers have learned in the past 65 years, are quite complex — certain cells carry the flu antigen to the immune system, specific immune cells respond ...