immunology

Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, supercharges a critical class of immune cells that activate and prepare the body’s key cancer-fighters, according to new UCLA research.

A new Review reveals how aging can push the immune system into a paradoxical state, weaker against threats yet more prone to attacking the body’s own tissues.

Measles vaccine-induced T cells were able to recognize the deadly Nipah virus, raising the possibility of broader vaccines that could help defend against multiple emerging viruses at once. T cells are among the immune system’s most powerful defenders. They can help slow tumor growth and fight serious infections. Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology [...]

Creatine is best known as a popular supplement used by athletes and bodybuilders to improve strength and performance. Now, new research from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggests it may also help the immune system fight cancer. The study, published in iScience, found that creatine can boost the activity of important immune cells […] The post Creatine could help the immune syst…

Scientists discovered and filmed macrophages actively destroying live melanoma cells, a finding that could improve immunotherapy and inspire new cancer treatments. Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have, for the first time, recorded immune cells known as the body’s “housekeepers” actively attacking and consuming live melanoma cells. The discovery could reshape how researchers…

Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine may have uncovered a promising new way to combat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Instead of trying to stop Tau and alpha-synuclein proteins from gathering into tiny droplets inside brain cells, the researchers found that tubulin—the protein that builds the cell’s internal transport network—can redirect these proteins away from forming toxic clumps and…

The results show that effects of adversity are not solely cumulative and the type of adversity experienced may be uniquely related to mitochondrial function, the researchers said

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74406-0 Longitudinal antibody profiling in a Nicaraguan pediatric dengue cohort shows that cross-reactive IgG against the envelope protein rises, not wanes, over 18 months post-primary infection, with antibody kinetics differing by viral protein and domain.

In the army of defenders that is the body's immune system, each cell has specific...

npj Vaccines, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41541-026-01505-w Oral Rotavirus vaccines have reduced disease globally but multiple factors in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) diminish vaccine effectiveness and disease burden remains high. A convening of experts reviewed advances in mucosal immunity, disease model systems, lessons from other pathogens and the lack of correlate…

In a paper published in Cell, a USC Stem Cell-led team reports a new way of generating a renewable and expandable supply of the progenitor cells that give rise to macrophages. These immune cells help drive the body’s response against pathogens, and they hold strong promise as the basis for immunotherapies against cancer and other […]

Scientific Reports, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-54533-w Hyperlipidemia induces hippocampal inflammation and loss of vascularity and can be rescued by silencing RIPK1

Nature Communications, Published online: 20 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74452-8 Excessive Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by neutrophils drives necrotizing inflammation of small blood vessels in Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV). However, the mechanism responsible for the dysregulated ROS production remains uncharacterized. Here, the authors re…