Casey Weaver, M.D., Wyatt and Susan Haskell Endowed Chair for Medical Excellence and Professor in the Division of Anatomic Pathology, was recently awarded a MERIT grant from the National Institute of ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body’s potent immune defenses, produces cytokines ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers tested whether a subunit vaccine could generate mucosal immunity in mice and prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated in a mouse model that a specific type of T cell, one of the body's potent immune defenses, produces cytokines ...

What Are Active and Passive Immunity? Your immunity grows stronger when there are antibodies to illnesses and diseases present. Antibodies’ purpose is to damage or kill foreign organisms that enter ...

Your immune system defends your body against infections and illnesses. It makes proteins called antibodies that counteract or kill germs, like viruses and bacteria. You get protection, or “immunity,” ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 32 (August 10, 2021), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Male and female animals exhibit differences in infection ...

THE third International Congress on Comparative Pathology met at Athens on April 15–18, 1936, and there were three main sections, namely, human medicine, veterinary medicine, and plant pathology.

While IL-23 is dispensable for the long-term memory homeostasis of these cells, it is essential for vaccine immunity against pulmonary fungal infection. This study identifies a beneficial subset of T ...