Immune System

Using a mouse model of the blood cancer multiple myeloma, scientists at Mayo Clinic in Arizona are once again providing insight that could improve care ...

Senescent cells, sometimes called zombie cells, are major contributors of aging and can contribute to symptoms ranging from bone and muscle weakness to cognitive decline ...

A new finding from Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues may suggest treatment options for severe viral infections and new avenues for research into tissue regeneration ...

Unlike SARS-CoV-2, which mutated into new strains in its first year as a human disease-causing virus, measles virus does not mutate in a comparable way. ...

Humanity has taken on infectious agents, such as the virus that causes smallpox, and won. But cheer quietly. Smallpox eradication took 200 years, and it's ...

Current experimental treatments for COVID-19 focus on two targets: the virus or the immune system.  On the immune system side, the number of experimental treatments ...

While the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, there are vaccines developed so far that prevent severe COVID-19. However, they approach their goal ...

Memories help people avoid making the same mistake twice. Cellular memory, in the form of immune cells, does a similar service. B cells and T ...

On Thursday, Nov. 19, Mayo Clinic began offering an experimental therapy to patients who test positive for COVID-19 and are at high risk for serious ...

Clinical trial data for COVID-19 vaccine candidates were released this week. Currently named BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, these genetic vaccine use our cell’s ability to read ...