People with hard-to-treat asthma often have to use medicines such as systemic steroids that broadly suppress the immune ...

Diabetes is often described as a metabolic disease. Yet, over the past decade, it has become clear that the immune system is deeply involved at every stage ...

Why it matters: Understanding immune cell communication and memory can unlock better vaccines, new treatments, and strategies to control inflammation and disease. What’s new: Scientists have mapped ...

The immune system maintains homeostasis by the symphony with immune modulators and immune cells. A breakdown in the immune orchestra tunes in the ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected mechanism by which the gut’s immune system maintains balance, challenging ...

Getting a flu shot, washing your hands frequently, and keeping distance between you and those who are sick can help you stay healthier this winter. But there’s another way to bolster your immune ...

A decade-long study published in EMBO Reports reveals that the immune system can retain a lasting “imprint” of obesity, ...

Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, has discovered a link between the intestinal microbiome and developing chronic graft-versus-host ...