T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows membrane (green cubes), and ribosomes (yellow/purple) ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and growing actual living cells such as bacteria and fungi. They would be ...

Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our ...