Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

Our immune response is not fixed. It is a living, adaptive network of cells and signals that evolves over our lifespan, bringing refinement and fragility. Early life is marked by immune learning and ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

There are trillions of microorganisms living in our gastrointestinal tract. So why doesn't the immune system launch a massive response against all of those foreign microbes? Scientists have now ...

The human immune system usually works wonders, protecting us from all sorts of diseases. However, if the immune system goes into overdrive, it can become even more dangerous than the diseases it ...

KAUST plant scientists have revealed the role that the regulatory protein OXI1 plays in anti-pathogen immunity in plants. In this image, the plant specimens overexpressed OXI1, which manifests in the ...