T1D is an autoimmune disease characterised by the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells. Credit: Eviart via Shutterstock. A recent study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics has ...

The virus can damage the immune system in a process called "immune amnesia," raising the risk of other infections even after the person has recovered, explained Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News ...

Although winter is coming to a close, cold and flu season is still threatening our immune systems. Staying healthy is a marriage of several simple practices, according to Dr. Roger Seheult ...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unknown part of the immune system that “could provide an untapped source of natural antibiotics”. The discovery focuses on proteasomes, structures in ...

In autoimmune Type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune cells infiltrate and destroy the islets ... We further find that the extra-islet space of lobules with extensive islet-infiltration differs from the ...

Barlow and coauthors utilized the high-parameter imaging platform of CODEX to characterize the cellular composition of immune cells in situ from ... including within islets that peri-islet ...

A new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said. They've shown a part of the body known to recycle proteins has a secret ...

A new study from the University of Utah Health suggests that early-life antibiotic exposure may reduce the number of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, potentially increasing the risk of ...

"We took a broad look at all the data and asked ourselves: Could the products of the degradation play an additional role, beyond being presented to the immune system?" says Merbl of the new study ...

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who have risk factors such as obesity and hypertension can develop insulin resistance over time, a characteristic typically associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Scientists are finding out that even in children who recover well, the virus doesn’t just infect their bodies—it erases part of their immune system’s memory, leaving them vulnerable to ...