Scientists have uncovered how a key type of immune cell adapts its behavior depending on the type of infection, paving the ...

Stowers Institute researchers have found that the very thing designed to prevent the body from illness may be a factor in ...

Scientists compared vitamin D2 and D3 supplements in new studies. Results show D3 may boost immunity more than D2.

Immunotherapy is an effective form of therapy for different types of cancer. However, for pancreatic cancer, its effect is limited and differs between men and women. Researchers at Karolinska ...

Some of our biggest threats can come in the tiniest forms-viruses and bacteria. Thankfully, we are born with a built-in ...

As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But ...

Without antibiotics, getting an infection would generally be a much scarier threat. But there is such a thing as taking too many. We asked Arik Alper, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Yale ...

Scientists have identified a persistent change in a handful of blood proteins in people with long Covid that indicates that an important part of their immune system remains on high alert for months ...

Scientists have discovered that cancer uses a hidden hormone to switch off the body’s natural defenses, allowing tumors to grow unchecked. By uncovering this secret signal, they found a way to block ...