His pioneering research has focused on defining the cellular and molecular nature of immune exhaustion — the failure of normal immune system function — in chronic infection and cancer. (sciencemag.org)
In this study, Prof. Dr. Maria Elena Torres - Padilla's team set out to determine the specific molecular nature of these cells and find out how they come to be. (sciencedaily.com)
Although biologists have known for decades that egg cells provide sperm with a little chemical encouragement to reel them in, the molecular nature of this interaction has remained elusive. (newscientist.com)