This article is more than 10 years old. Adaptive Biotechnologies is helping scientists look at the immune system in a new way, with a combination of DNA sequencing and high-powered computation.

A breakdown of how memory B, T, and innate cells remember past infections and how this insight powers vaccines and immunotherapies.

of T- and B-cell receptors of the adaptive immune system, announced today their partnership with Microsoft to map the genetics of the human immune system, or immunome, in order to detect cancers ...

Studies over the past decade have also revealed several important aspects of immune system's function that require an expanded view of the innate control of adaptive immunity. For example ...

New research shows that the immune system’s first responders are much more specialized and work better together than once thought. The findings could lead to the development of new ...

In experiments with mouse tissue, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that the adaptive immune system, generally associated with fighting infections, plays an active role in guiding the ...

Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system -- the body's first line of ...

In one fish species, Nile tilapia, that behavioral — or sought-out — fever triggers the adaptive immune system, known for its acquired memory of specific bodily invaders, researchers report in ...