Immunology

Study reveals hidden diversity of innate immune cells

Findings from a new study, led by researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in Nature Immunology, have uncovered key functional differences in macrophages—a type of white blood cell that plays a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New study probes macrophages' role in developing pulmonary fibrosis

Scientists have long known that white blood cells called macrophages accumulate in the lungs of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. What role macrophages play in developing the often fatal lung disease is less clear.

Oncology & Cancer

The key role of Galectin-3 in brain tumor development

A research group at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Seville has made a significant advance by discovering the crucial role of the protein Galectin-3 in the progression of various ...