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

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with ...

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

Immunotherapy is changing how we approach cancer—by using the body’s own defences to attack tumours. It avoids the widespread ...

A study published today in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune ...

The SCG2 hormone allows tumors to suppress immune defenses, opening up a new therapeutic avenue against cancer.

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

Alzheimer’s disease affects over 55 million people worldwide and has long been linked to toxic protein buildup and chronic inflammation in the brain.

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

There are vaccines you can get to prevent illness and medicine you can take to treat it. But in between, eating foods that boost immunity can help keep your immune system strong and functioning ...

The human immune system, a complex defense mechanism, includes the skin as its first line of defense and possesses a memory ...

New research shows lymph nodes aren’t just cancer bystanders, they’re the command centers fueling immune attacks. Surgically ...