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The study by Yale Cancer Center (YCC) researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) discovered that not all CD8+ T cells are allies in a body’s fight against cancer cells. In a new study, patients living with severe melanoma who had increased levels of suppressor, regulatory CD8+ T cells had worse survival outcomes.

We spoke to Dr. Liza Konnikova whose research often focuses on the immune systems of pre-term infants. Here's some of what she's been working on in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month.

Three Yale professors explain Lassa fever following the death of an Iowa resident infected with the virus.

The virus can trick your body into attacking itself.

B-1 immune cells can recognize all sorts of viruses, Yale researchers find. Mimicking them may enable a pan-virus treatment that can address many virus types.

Using single-cell transcriptomics and proteomics, Yale researchers have created a detailed cell atlas of brains affected by Parkinson’s disease.

No other vaccines are given at such a high frequency, but experts say there’s no reason to believe that the vaccines — and in particular, the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna — aren’t effective.

A Yale-led study reveals a mechanism that triggers loss of immune regulation associated with multiple sclerosis and other diseases — and a target for treatment.