James Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, has received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Career Award for Medical Scientists.

The protein MTBP is overexpressed in an aggressive type of breast cancer, and it regulates another protein implicated in many cancer types, suggesting that it may be a good target for new therapeutics.

The fungicide amphotericin B may be a useful treatment for a frog fungus that is killing amphibians worldwide.

Understanding how the immune system responds to the respiratory virus HMPV is crucial for developing vaccines and anti-viral treatments.

A newly identified receptor allows mammalian reovirus to infect neurons, shedding light on factors important for viral encephalitis.

Understanding how to control the generation of regulatory T cells could have important implications for treating autoimmunity and cancer.

Simple heat treatments may give the frog immune system a boost and help it fight off a deadly fungal pathogen, according to a new study published July 10 in the journal Nature.