Changes to the intermediate filament (IF) protein, vimentin, were found to promote tumour growth by increasing cancer stemness in an oestrogen independent manner. Targeting vimentin and/or the long ...

The well-established existence of sex differences in immune responses, including immune responses driven by T cells, cuts both ways. Females tend to have a stronger immune response to pathogens, yet ...

A possible genetic rationale for why women acquire more autoimmune diseases than men has been discovered, according to findings published recently in Cell. In their study, Howard Y. Chang MD, PhD, ...