They discovered that an ongoing viral infection causes a brief but striking shift in the availability of nutrients in the ...

Your immune system is your body’s built-in defense network, working nonstop to protect you from bacteria, viruses, and other ...

A vitamin A byproduct could weaken the immune system's cancer-fighting ability, according to new Princeton University ...

The cancer gene MYC camouflages tumours by suppressing alarm signals that normally activate the immune system. This finding ...

For decades, aging has looked like an unavoidable slide into frailty, driven in part by an immune system that slowly loses ...

Brain-meningeal immunity is increasingly recognized as a central player in the complex network of interactions within the central nervous system (CNS).

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good ...

An international research team has succeeded in deciphering a key mechanism that controls the growth of pancreatic cancers.

A small study found that consuming kimchi may increase activity in immune cells involved in detecting and responding to infection. Kimchi produces short-chain fatty acids during digestion, which are ...