Researchers have identified a promising new strategy to treat autoimmune diseases by targeting a specific…
Browsing: Immune System
The immune system is the body’s intricate defense network designed to identify and neutralize harmful pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and parasites, as well as to detect and destroy malfunctioning cells. It consists of a layered array of barriers, cells, and signaling molecules, including innate components that provide rapid, generalized responses and adaptive components that learn to recognize and remember specific threats. Key players include white blood cells, antibodies, lymph nodes, and organs such as the thymus and spleen. Research into the immune system has advanced fields from vaccine development to cancer immunotherapy, and continues to reveal surprising links between immunity, microbiota, and overall health.
A brief sauna session may quietly mobilize the immune system. A sauna session may do…
Researchers have found that common food ingredients can interact inside immune cells in ways that…
The findings suggest that vitamin B3 may help strengthen and restore a weakened immune system.…
Researchers have uncovered a previously hidden “internal brake” on immune cells that limits their ability…
A forgotten immune organ may hold surprising clues about disease risk, aging, and treatment success.…
A bandage-like microneedle patch can noninvasively collect immune cells and signals from the skin within…
An “immune system reset” eliminated autoimmune, or Type 1, diabetes in mice in a study…
Scientists have uncovered a direct molecular mechanism by which gut bacteria inject proteins into human…
Low-level exposure to bisphenol A before birth can permanently alter metabolism, immunity, and disease risk…
A human study reveals how naturally occurring fat-derived molecules help switch off inflammation. Researchers at…
Researchers have uncovered a previously unrecognized role for immune cell surface sugars in driving inflammation…
Scientists have identified a pathway that keeps aging immune cells stuck in an inflammatory mode,…
A new study explains how pancreatic tumors use a sugar coating to hide from the…
As the immune system weakens with age, researchers have found a way to temporarily boost…
A single blood protein can make aging stem cells act young again. As people age…
A new study uses single-cell transcriptomics from a 12-week clinical trial to reveal how kimchi…
An international team of researchers reports that the immune cells of older adults with a…