An antigen is any substance that can trigger an immune response in the body. Antigens are typically proteins or polysaccharides that are recognized as foreign or potentially harmful by the immune ...

A vaccine usually trains your immune system to recognize one target. Here, the target is basically “anything that doesn’t ...

In an early animal test, a new nasal-spray vaccine has shown promise against a variety of germs and a common allergen, ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an experimental nasal spray vaccine that protected mice against SARS‑CoV‑2, ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst team has demonstrated in theory that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine can be delivered into the cells of a malignant tumor to refocus the body's immune ...

• This study aimed to investigate the immunophenotype of esophageal cancer (ESCA) by assessing the patient’s immune defenses or autoimmune function and to identify potential tumor antigens and ...

A new study has shed light on why patients with certain rare immune disorders develop severe, food-triggered allergic reactions while others with similar diagnoses do not. The findings, published in ...

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have unveiled a bold new kind of “universal” vaccine that could one day protect against everything from COVID-19 and the flu to bacterial pneumonia and even common ...