As winter looms on the horizon, so do viruses and bacteria prepared to usher in annual colds and flu. The immune system is ...

Fibre intake and the health of the human gut empowers key immune cells to act as “careful snipers” in protecting the body ...

The immune system can be “reprogrammed” to heal the body faster using electrical stimulation, according to new research. Irish scientists discovered that electrically stimulating “macrophages” – one ...

Get immunized. “Vaccines are one of the biggest and best public health interventions to keep people well. Vaccination remains ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study finds that proteasomes—structures that reside in all cells in the body and typically break ...

When the immune system overreacts and starts attacking the body, the only option may be to shut the entire system down and risk developing infections or cancer. Immune cells that are designed to ...

As humanity prepares for longer missions beyond Earth, scientists are uncovering unsettling truths about how space reshapes the human body. Among the most affected systems is the immune system, which ...

We’re only beginning to understand the complexities of the human gut microbiome, with new research suggesting our first interactions during infancy could set the stage for our entire lifetime of gut ...

Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body? There are instances where killer T cells—which are meant to precisely remove virus-infected ...