Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of ...

The immune system's B cells create antibodies that can mount a response against just about anything—either destroying a pathogen or instructing the rest of the immune system to go after the offender.

Dr. Romanov’s research could open new pathways toward vaccines for diseases that have challenged medicine for decades.

Antibodies are key components of the immune system. They act as the body’s defense system against invading pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Basically, antibodies are proteins that are formed by ...

The immune system is the frontline protection against infection, continually searching for and destroying unknown pathogens. While typical operation of the immune system scans for threats, some ...

Scientific illustration showing HIV infection in bloodstream. (Science Photo Library/Canva) HIV can fall silent without leaving the body. Hidden inside immune cells, it can survive treatment and start ...

Scientists tracking thousands of pregnant women found something in the blood weeks before anything else looked out of place.

Cancer scientists say they have engineered a new type of super-strong antibody which could be used to boost the immune systems of patients fighting the disease. Experts from the University of ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

After earning bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees in bioengineering with a focus on molecular biology, Will White, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Tufts, was pretty certain ...

An antibody (teal) bound to its target, the HIV protein Env (white and gray), also attaches to an immune cell via a receptor (red) on the immune cell’s surface. This interaction can activate the ...