An international research team has discovered a critical protein that acts as a 'switch' regulating immune responses to viruses.

A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibodies that can target many variants of the virus. Traditional ...

Infants hospitalized with severe COVID-19 have significantly different immune responses than adults or older children. The finding comes from scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The ...

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And ...

Early results from a clinical trial suggest that while denosumab does not directly reduce the proliferation of breast cancer ...

The study reveals how APOL9 selectively binds to gut bacteria, enhancing immune responses and maintaining intestinal health ...

Study in mice shows how a host-elicited factor benefits gut immunological homeostasis by selectively targeting commensal ceramide molecules.

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes that not only aid in digestion, but also play a key role in shaping our immune ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

Middle ear infections are common, painful, and frustrating, especially for young children and their parents. Antibiotics ...

How your immune system really ages — research shows aging brings adaptation not decline and reveals ways to maintain immune ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a major cause of morbidity and ...