As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have ...

Nipah virus does not just infect the body, it disrupts immune defences at multiple levels, suppressing early antiviral ...

Our immune system implements an array of strategies to combat threatening infections. White blood cells called cytotoxic T ...

While the fabled fountain of youth may not actually exist, a new type of therapy now does.

Immunotherapy drugs continue to gain momentum across a growing range of disease areas with blockbusters such as MSD's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and BMS’s Opdivo (nivolumab) generating billions in ...

A Nature Medicine study links the activation of brain reward pathways to stronger antibody responses after hepatitis B vaccination in healthy adults.

You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it’s bad for your health, but isn’t it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I’m not sure I ...

Salmon, love it or hate it, it is one of the few foods that provides vitamin D. Vitamin D plays a significant role in ...

Once tattoo ink enters the body, it does not stay put. Beneath the skin, tattoo pigments interact with the immune system in ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system not by accident but by actively switching off internal danger signals through ...