Under normal conditions, cytokines aid in pathogen recognition and elimination while contributing to immune system ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

Sometimes it’s like our immune systems are trying to kill us. It sides with tumors, attacks us, undermines antibiotic drugs, and, as we all learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, produces cytokine ...

People often get immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer. These immunotherapy treatments can be effective, but they may cause your immune system to have an unnatural response. Your body, as a result ...

Complement C5a is a known mediator of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. In a new study, patients with NMOSD who were in remission and healthy controls were asked to rate their pain on a visual analog ...

Among people with sickle cell disease—an inherited blood disorder—acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death. The condition is the result of red blood cells becoming stiff, sticky, and ...

Dianthus achieved its NASDAQ listing last year via a merger with Magenta Therapeutics. The company is focused on development of a single drug candidate, DNTH-103, which targets the complement system, ...

Cytokines are small proteins that enable cells to communicate with each other, particularly to modulate the immune system—an increasingly popular target in drug development for immunology, virology, ...