The blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers are protective systems that prevent harmful substances from entering the brain and ...

The blood‐testis barrier (BTB) is one of the most specialised barriers in the body, crucial for establishing a protected microenvironment for spermatogenesis. Comprised predominantly of tight ...

Cells in the gut send secret messages to the immune system. Thanks to new research from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) scientists, we can finally get a look at what they're saying. A new ...

The human body has barriers such as skin and the lining of airways and gut that protect and separate us from the outside world. If these barriers are breached, our survival is threatened. Therefore it ...

Chinese researchers recently reported a method for improving cancer immunotherapy efficacy by giving T cells—the body's cancer- and infection-fighting white cells—a rest. Cancer immunotherapies such ...

Scientists at Stanford University have uncovered a novel physical mechanism that breast cancer cells use to break out and become invasive. They observed that in addition to established chemical ...

"Regulatory flexibility must be tailored for cell and gene therapies," commented FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. "These are ...

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are poised to transform the treatment landscape for a growing number of conditions, but hurdles remain before these innovative medicines can reach their full potential.