Immune System

One challenge in treating pancreatic cancer is getting chemotherapy to reach the tumor cells. That’s because the tumors are surrounded by a forbidding microenvironment, a ...

Our immune system is designed to repel disease, but occasionally it malfunctions. One potential result of an immune system overreaction is sarcoidosis—the growth of inflammatory ...

Immunotherapy is a dynamic area of cancer treatment. But while it can provide new options for patients, Aaron S. Mansfield, M.D. and colleagues point out ...

When proteins fold improperly, the consequences can be dire. At Mayo Clinic, Marina Ramirez-Alvarado, Ph.D., studies one type of protein abnormality associated with a complex and ...

The cause of rheumatoid arthritis, a systemic autoimmune disease, is unknown. But certain genes and environmental factors, such as ...

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 ...