Immune System

From Molecule to Melanoma: A Foundation of Research Brings New Cancer Immunotherapies to Patients On August 20, 2015, former president Jimmy Carter announced he was battling ...

Mayo Clinic, along with researchers at Harvard University, Temple University, Tufts University, and Boston Children’s Hospital are collaborating on a project to discover new therapeutic ...

A Mayo Clinic study has revealed the inconsistent appearance of a specific molecule among multiple tumors within single patients ...

Society’s portrayal of a cancer patient often involves hair and weight loss, a gaunt, pale face, and a general look of illness. This image is ...

Since the first vaccine paved the way for the near-eradication of smallpox over 200 years ago, societies have looked to vaccines as a means to ...

Physicians have long known that people with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic conditions such as lupus are more likely to die at younger ages than ...

Mayo Clinic allergist Hirohito Kita, M.D., is a medical detective who's long been on the trail of a type of white blood cell called an ...

Curiosity, unconventional thinking, and random chance drive research into new drugs for the treatment of kidney disease. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis—yes, it’s a mouthful. It’s ...