As antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" make infections trickier to treat, some in the medical community are turning to ...

Inflammation is the immune response flooding a site of infection with immune cells. First observed and described by the ...

Researchers have long focused on the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway as a way to harness the immune system's ...

A research team at the University of Münster has investigated for the first time how the confrontation of bacteria with hosts ...

A new study by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals that joint tissue from patients with ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

Drawing on his research in understanding factors impacting infection tolerance, Brian P. Lazzaro discusses the importance of ...

Humans and chimpanzees share a close evolutionary relationship, genetically linking us. As a result, the two species can pass ...

Dr. Jennifer Schneider discusses Centauri Therapeutics' novel approach to combating Gram-negative infections, its first ...

The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against pathogens and foreign substances. An essential component of this system are pattern recognition receptors, which recognize non-self ...

Wildfires have been raging along the West Coast and in Canada for most of the spring and summer. For some U.S. residents, ...

Researchers recently discovered that, in pulmonary diseases, M. abscessus suppresses immune responses during coinfection with ...