New research co-led by Burnet Institute and WEHI has uncovered how the human immune system fights Plasmodium vivax, paving the way for the first effective vaccine against the most widespread form of ...

Human immunity is an incredibly complex system that has to be very carefully regulated by the body. We need our immune systems to be able to leap into action when our health is threatened by pathogens ...

Human peadiatric thymus image from the IBEX protein multiplex (44 proteins on the same image) platform. Thymic epithelial cells are labeled with DEC205 (cyan), pan-cytokeratin (purple), keratin 5 (red ...

A new discovery about how cells communicate with each other in the body’s immune system has revealed deeper insights for an international team of scientists into fundamental immune system function.

Prof. Rotem Sorek and the Phages, viruses that attack bacteria. Phages, viruses that attack bacteria, have a head and a tail. The head contains the phage’s genetic material and the tail is used to ...

The human immune system is one of the body’s most complex and fascinating defence mechanisms. It works tirelessly to protect us from infections, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful invaders. While ...