New research suggests the skin does much more than detect damage or keep pathogens out. By tracing how skin cells respond to ...

RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production. Scientists are now testing a new platform called DoriVac, which uses folded DNA ...

Researchers developed a micro-volume assay that quantifies T-cell responses and antibodies from fingertip blood, offering a ...

A collaborative effort led by Professor Wanli Liu 's team at Tsinghua University has uncovered a sophisticated mechanism by which keratinocytes, the predominant cell type in the skin's epidermis, ...

The skin is far more than a simple physical barrier. These two researches address a fundamental question in immunology: How does a localized skin ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical ...

An AI model that screens ionizable lipids by 3D conformation identified a candidate 14.8 times more efficient than current ...

With the prevalence of infectious diseases, the rapid assessment of population-specific immune protection has become important for public health. A ...

Researchers are redesigning lipid nanoparticles to do more than shuttle mRNA into cells, with preclinical studies suggesting engineered particles can influence immune metabolism in ways that may ...

In 2021, a global tuberculosis vaccine research and development roadmap proposed a series of actions to accelerate the development of new, effective, and affordable vaccines that are urgently needed ...

Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment landscape for multiple malignancies; however, its clinical efficacy remains limited in many tumors due to ...