Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Researchers led by Yasuhiro Murakawa at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) and Kyoto University in Japan and IFOM ETS in Italy have discovered several rare types of helper T cells ...

When the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded this year for the discovery of regulatory T cells, much of the Japanese population was already familiar with the term, thanks to a popular ...

The following article is based on the online series, "Jissen! Tsutawaru Eigo Training" by Katsuyoshi Hakoda (Instructor and Coordinator of English Language Education, AEON). Click here to read the ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more ...