Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...

If you have human papillomavirus (HPV), chances are good you will clear the virus, especially if you build up your immune system to fight HPV. Strategies to strengthen immunity include eating a ...

We are in the thick of cold and flu season. So, fortifying your immune system is probably high on your list of priorities. While there is no magical food or supplement that will prevent you from ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...

A vaccine usually trains your immune system to recognize one target. Here, the target is basically “anything that doesn’t ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Vaccines boost the immune system's ability to fight off diseases. Vaccines undergo rigorous testing to ensure safety and effectiveness. Widespread vaccination contributes to herd immunity, protecting ...

Tom Anchordoquy receives funding for this work from the Nationals Institutes of Health through grant # RO1 CA289447. When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses ...

As we gear up for the big social events of the holiday season, now is the time to think about getting vaccinated to build up your immunity. “I generally tell people to get the immunization as soon as ...

Researchers have shown that innate immune training, also known as trained immunity (TRIM), leads to aggravated bone loss in experimental models of periodontitis and inflammatory arthritis. Clinical ...

That bottle of hand sanitizer you’ve been religiously applying might be doing more harm than good. While the pandemic certainly taught us all about the importance of hand hygiene, the pendulum may ...