For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Your immune system needs sunlight like plants need water. Without adequate exposure to natural light, your body’s defense mechanisms weaken in ways most people never realize. From dormant T cells to ...

New research has updated our understanding of how sugars, known as glycans, help immune cells move into skin in the ...

Regulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via Flickr Every day, your immune system ...

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 ...

When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and cells have been ...

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, ...

If you or someone you love has ever dealt with frequent dry, red or itchy patches of skin, you likely know how frustrating eczema can be. The condition can impact confidence, comfort and daily routine ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body's own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is ...

Tom Anchordoquy receives funding for this work from the Nationals Institutes of Health through grant # RO1 CA289447. When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses ...