A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

Our immune systems prevent and limit infections. They are a complex set of organs, cells, tissues and proteins that work together to protect our bodies from harmful invaders such as bacteria, viruses, ...

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School offers a new view of how the immune system responds to organ ...

Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a promising new way to bolster the body's immune system response to cancer.

Researchers have unlocked a way to grow the immune system’s “conductors” from stem cells, bringing ready-made cancer-fighting therapies a big step closer. For the first time, scientists at the Univers ...

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important ...

Sharon Evans, a cancer immunologist at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center who studies the role of temperature in T cell responses, said that, to date, the influence of the external environment ...

In the following weeks, there will likely be an increase in respiratory illnesses such as influenza, COVID-19 and RSV. Now is an excellent time to strengthen your immune system to help combat those ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When you were a child, it seemed like an ingenious plan: Splash hot water on your face and stagger into the kitchen, letting out a moan ...