Abnormal antibodies in maternal blood that bind to fetal brain cells may contribute to the development of autism, according to two studies from the UC Davis MIND Institute. Immunologist Judy Van de ...

Many people are able to go to bed at night and sleep until morning. But those with irregular sleep-wake syndrome experience disrupted sleep that’s often unstructured. If you have irregular sleep-wake ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered that the tumor suppressor protein PTEN also ensures that regulatory T cells function properly and helps maintain a balanced immune ...

Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) or Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is a cancer that occurs when there is an abnormal growth in antibodies derived from white ...

THE risk of isoimmunization after blood transfusion depends on the relative frequency of blood-group factors, their antigenicity and the number and timing of exposures (transfusions). There have been ...

A new study of cells shows that antibodies produced by the body in response to COVID-19 may be triggering a blood clotting response in patients with severe disease. Inflammation and blood clotting ...