The microbiome in our intestine plays a vital role in people’s health and the immune system Any lack of balance
Mechanism discovered to activate the body’s immune system against bacteria and regulate the microbiome
This virus actually may boost—not weaken—our immune system
Our immune system is at its peak when we’re young, but after a certain age, it declines and it becomes
‘Supramolecule’ helps immune cells ‘eat up’ cancer
Macrophages — the name of which comes from ancient Greek, meaning “big eaters” — are the largest immune cells in
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop diarrhea, which can be severe and in
ALS: Immune cells may slow disease progression
The neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affects nerve cells, which control the movement of muscles, in the brain and
Immune response might be stunting growth in millions of kids
An overactive immune system during childhood among young people in Ecuador’s indigenous Shuar population comes with a cost: stunted growth.
Scientists discover new way that HIV evades the immune system
Scientists have just discovered a new mechanism by which HIV evades the immune system, and which shows precisely how the
Macular degeneration linked to aging immune cells
As people age, their immune systems age, too. And new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis