Cancer fighting T-cells, the immune system's primary enforcers, are scarce in the rare kidney cancer called chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC) and those that are present are indifferent to the ...

An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, ...

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

A new study found that daylight boosts your immune system by helping infection-fighting cells (neutrophils) work more ...

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

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

Scientists are also studying how the immune system deals with this microbiome, and learns to tolerate it. ... In mice with normal gut microbiomes, there were much higher levels of a protein called ...

An inflammatory disorder is different from a normal immune response. When our immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells and tissue, we experience tissue damage from the resulting chronic ...

When your immune system is on point, it’s a lifesaver. But as good as it may be, it’s not perfect. Sometimes, this group of special cells, tissues, and organs doesn’t act the way it should ...

While certain vitamins are important in a healthy immune system, the jury’s still out on whether supplementing beyond normal levels is helpful — and over-supplementation can even be harmful.