As scientists gain a deeper understanding of how the body’s immune system remembers pathogens it must fight, the paradigm for ...

A Science Immunology Review explains how memory B cells acquire diverse molecular, epigenetic, and tissue-specific programs ...

A unique quality of the immune system is that it can generate a ‘memory’ response. This is generally referred to as ‘immune memory’ because of the body’s ability to remember previously encountered ...

While we tend to quickly forget having been ill or having received a vaccine, the immune system remembers remarkably well. It has memory B cells—"trained" immune cells that circulate throughout the ...

Memory T cells are a special type of white blood cell that "remember" past infections and vaccines, helping our bodies to quickly respond if we encounter the same germs again. These cells are found ...

Graphic illustration shows the key steps involved in pre-programming select immune memory cells for rapid response. A study in Cell Reports, led by experts at Cincinnati Children's, details a network ...

Stress, bad weather, strep throat, alcohol or cuts—there are a number of triggers that can set off psoriasis. At the same ...

Daily consumption of a specific strain of maitake mushroom might help older adults preserve their memory and cognitive ...

Macrophages are some of the body’s most potent weapons against invading cellular threats. Like immunological ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos,’ macrophages engulf and dispose of cancer cells or invasive ...

The immune system can be further classified into the innate and adaptive immune systems. Although innate myeloid cells, such as macrophages, generate a ‘trained’ immune response following antigen ...