"Who are you?" This question, in its many variations, is almost inevitable in school applications, job interviews or introspective moments. We spend years, perhaps our entire lives, unraveling the ...

The brain of humans and other animals is known to contribute to the protection of the body from infections. Past studies have unveiled the existence of the so-called conditioned immune response (CIR), ...

Researchers have developed a platform that emulates human bone marrow's native environment. This breakthrough addresses a critical need in medical science, as animal studies often fail to fully ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health worker Maria Tereza Malheiros Sapienza's curiosity was aroused by her immunity to ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

In the midst of pandemic upheaval, researchers have gained fundamental insights about how the body fends off infections.

Our livers contain many different types of immune cells. New research by the team of Prof. Charlotte Scott (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues now reveals that a specific ...

The doctor, Gaston Ramon, had noticed that the horses who developed a minor infection at the injection site had much more robust immunity against diphtheria. He theorized that adding something to ...

Even the healthiest of people get sick every now and then. But by fine-tuning certain aspects of your health routine, such as diet and stress management, you can help support your immune system's ...

The Supreme Court over the summer issued an opinion in which a 6-3 conservative majority ruled that presidents have absolute immunity for actions that fall within the core responsibilities of ...

Joe Biden called for the creation of a new constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential ‘immunity’ (Getty Images) The Supreme Court’s decision ...

For example, one study found that a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism ... This may pose an opportunity for future research as NK cells are pivotal in innate immunity and greatly aid in the clearance of ...