One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

The human immune system has evolved throughout history to effectively recognize and adapt to invading pathogens. To combat disease, the human body employs | Immunology ...

Researchers have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after damage using a specific type of regulatory T cell.

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of ...

Scientists reveal how filopodia help cancer spread. The breakthrough could improve treatments that stop cancer cells from invading tissues.

Imagine being at a big marquee event in an arena, like the Super Bowl, with the roar of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs, and ...

Bone-attached muscles have many purposes, moving, sustaining body posture ... Experiments in lab-grown human muscle cells confirmed the role of these nuclei in muscle function.

Researchers from the Epigenetics and Immune Disease Laboratory at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in ...

A group of Penn scientists has developed a new method to remotely control engineered cells inside the human body using heat.