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 ...

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

Sniffle season is here. From flu shots to immune-boosting foods, here are ways to stay healthy all season long.

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study finds that proteasomes—structures that reside in all cells in the body and typically break ...

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

A newly characterized neural circuit enables the brain to sense and monitor inflammatory responses in the body, and in turn shape the course of the immune reaction. Artificial activation of components ...

When María Branyas Morera passed away in August 2024, she was 117 years and 168 days old, the planet’s oldest person living ...