A common plant virus awakens the immune system to fight cancer—and it’s grown using sunlight, soil, and science.

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Most vaccines are designed to provide immunity against just one pathogen. Vaccines for chicken pox (caused by varicella-zoster virus ...

Children who experience multiple cases of dengue virus develop an army of dengue-fighting T cells, according to a new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI).

A new discovery by Van Andel Institute scientists reveals that glucose, an essential cellular fuel that powers immune cells, ...

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—and ...

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—and ...

A virus from humble black-eyed peas is showing extraordinary promise in the fight against cancer. Unlike other plant viruses, the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) can awaken the human immune system and ...

MIT researchers identified compounds that can fight off viral infection by activating a defense pathway inside host cells. These compounds could be used as antiviral drugs that work against not ...

The findings are also unique to the COVID-19 RNA virus. Other RNA infections like influenza do not have the same ability to create cancer-fighting immune cells, researchers found.