Researchers have created a radical new view of how immune cells recognise threats such as viruses. The discovery could be used to design better vaccines and to gain a deeper insight into autoimmune ...

Across both mice and humans, we found that males tended to recover from pain more quickly than females. The reason appears to ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they ...

Why can the human immune system often remember a vaccination for a whole lifetime? Researchers at ...

Scientists at Gladstone and UC San Francisco—including Maya Arce, seen here—discover how one protein controls the behavior of immune cells, with potential applications for treating cancer and ...

An antigen is any substance that can trigger an immune response in the body. Antigens are typically proteins or polysaccharides that are recognized as foreign or potentially harmful by the immune ...

A new study has revealed that your immune system is keeping a secret diary, controlling how you get sick. Here is everything you need to know, along with how this study can help you.

Anti-inflammatory IL-10 has been shown to improve cognition and promote the growth of new neurons in the brains of old mice.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — More than a century of scientific research has shed light on the neuroimmune interaction ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis, has evolved a remarkably layered set of molecular ...

Researchers have discovered new information about how the body’s immune system works, simultaneously calling into question decades of understanding about the process of antibody-mediated immunity and ...