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

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

New research from the Stowers Institute reveals how our immune system protects us early in life but fuels inflammation and ...

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

Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, where they play critical roles in our health and biology; they can help us break down food, absorb nutrients; and they affect the immune ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Lorraine, France, have uncovered ...

Scientists have achieved an unprecedented look into how the human immune system attacks a transplanted pig kidney, using spatial molecular imaging to map immune activity down to the cellular level.

Neuroinflammation is linked to a host of detrimental brain disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. A ...

Scientists have discovered that cancer uses a hidden hormone to switch off the body’s natural defenses, allowing tumors to ...

New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain immune cells in humans are less effective at fighting solid tumors compared to ...

Scientists have conducted breakthrough research that could lead to a universal cancer vaccine, revolutionizing how the ...

The less time a tick has to feed, the less saliva it can pump in, and the fewer tricks it can use to tilt the odds. For public health, saliva targets offer a way to cut across the diversity of tick ...