MIT researchers showed that the lectin intelectin-2 bound bacterial sugars and mucus galactose, strengthening the gut barrier ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Vaccines save millions of lives every year, but there is still an urgent need for more efficient vaccines. Strategies to combat serious outbreaks of viral infections are particularly important. Such ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for adaptable and scalable vaccine technologies. While mRNA vaccines have improved disease prevention, most are delivered by intramuscular injection, which ...

To investigate the innate immune defenses against viruses at the mucosal surfaces of bats, the research team developed organoids from the respiratory and intestinal tissue of Egyptian fruit bats ...

32 Biosciences revealed its plan to launch a $40 million Series A at this year’s J.P Morgan Healthcare conference, to advance ...