One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
With dogged persistence and an unwillingness to entertain defeat, Bruce Beutler discovered a receptor that powers the innate immune response to infections—and earned his share of a Nobel Prize.
Some of these insidious viruses expertly subvert the host immune system, allowing their unhindered proliferation.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
An open-access study explores the intricacies of parasite egg distribution and viability in human feces.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.