Standing United: When Immune Cells Join Forces, Cancer Therapy Is More Effective
A new kind of immunotherapy, based on crosstalk between different immune cells, could pave the way for innovative treatments of cancer and autoimmune diseases Winning on the battlefield takes a...
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how viruses outwit cellular immune systems
We are used to thinking of the immune system as a separate entity, almost a distinct organ, but the truth is much more complicated. Breakthroughs in recent years – some...
The Triple Threat of Coronavirus
Severe symptoms of COVID-19, leading often to death, are thought to result from the patient’s own acute immune response rather than from damage inflicted directly by the virus. Immense research efforts...
New Method Sees Into More Cells Than Ever Before
A new technology developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science may help answer outstanding questions about the immune system, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more. Invading cells’ private space – prying into...
First Impressions Go a Long Way in the Immune System
First impressions are important – they can set the stage for the entire course of a relationship. The same is true for the impressions the cells of our immune system...
The Immune System’s Fountain of Youth
If only we could keep our bodies young, healthy and energetic, even as we attain the wisdom of our years. But now new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science...
The Immune System’s Role in the Developing Brain – New Study
We usually think of the immune system as the body’s police force, vigilantly patrolling for invading pathogens and toxins to destroy—but a new study published in Nature Communications from Professor Orly...