Our immune system implements an array of strategies to combat threatening infections. White blood cells called cytotoxic T ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

A research team from POSTECH and ImmunoBiome in Korea, led by Professor Sin-Hyeog Im, has uncovered a new mechanism showing how butyrate—a short-chain fatty acid produced by gut commensal ...

Immunotherapy is one of the pillars in the fight against cancer and aims to enable the body's own immune system to fight a tumor. A recent study now shows that removing certain enzymes that regulate ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...

Immune cell dysregulation in critically ill patients correlates with higher risks of severe infection and mortality, highlighting the need for precision medicine. The Human Immune Dysregulation ...

Your body’s stress response can trigger several physiological changes, which can affect immune function. Why you’re stressed and how long you’re stressed can impact how your immune system responds.

Oranges aren’t the only immune-supporting food. Red bell peppers, spinach, papaya, and ginger also provide key nutrients for ...

Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you ...

Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...