Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.

Cancer-fighting T-cells, the immune system's primary enforcers, are scarce in the rare kidney cancer called chromophobe renal ...

At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or ...

The majority of children do not need a tonsillectomy.” But when done for the right reasons, tonsillectomy offers a meaningful ...

Scientists have identified a biological ‘switch' that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells. This discovery could revolutionize treatments for autoimmune diseases, which affect ...

For the millions of Americans battling autoimmune disorders, new hope may be on the horizon in the form of reverse or inverse ...

Despite a significant increase in injections, today's vaccines expose children to a fraction of the immune-stimulating ...

HIV/AIDS remains a major public health threat worldwide, with an estimated 39.9 million people living with the disease at the ...

Voluntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system and attenuation of the innate immune response in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 ...

Because your immune system is left in a near-blank state, similar to that of a baby’s, studies show it can take years to slowly rebuild and relearn how to defend against infections. Measles ...

Why is it hard for the immune system to detect cancer? The immune system evolved to recognize pathogens that are non-self. But cancers arise from normal cells and therefore they often don’t look as ...

News Family Ask Dr. Universe: Allergies caused by immune system overreacting to normal things March 7, 2025 Updated Sun., March 9, 2025 at 3:18 p.m. This 3D illustration shows a mast cell ...