Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. Although not the infamous example—that ...

Tolerogenic dendritic cells in the intestines are shown to reduce the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins.

Scientists found powerful bitter compounds in a mushroom, revealing new insights into how our bodies sense bitterness.

To establish whether molecules other than scFv antibody fragments could be lipid-modified and inserted into cell membranes, we cloned the gene encoding human ... of cell surface receptors engaged ...

CD163 might not be the most exciting name in the world, but behind it lies one of the body's most important defense receptors, which steps in when red blood cells ... sits on the surface of ...

Canada Gairdner Awards recognize the world’s most accomplished researchers whose work is improving our understanding of human ...

The discovery could help create new "sensorially appealing foods" that improve digestion and feelings of fullness.

Today in Science Translational Medicine, researchers describe a diagnostic platform that could classify brain tumors based on the body's cancer ... which T cell-surface receptors are most abundant ...

They typically exhibit normal and healthy behavior, but when something happens in the body ... the top of the cell surface. This actin-myosin mesh features linker proteins and receptors, with ...

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or "tolerate" molecules found on ...

And of course, zombie cells. The technical term is senescent cells. They’re damaged and unable to repair themselves. They’re also more likely to linger in the body as we age — like zombies ...