Learn how the asthma drug montelukast helped restore immune attacks against tumors in several cancer types.

A massive single-cell study has revealed hidden genetic differences in male and female immune systems that may shape disease ...

Researchers are testing CAR T-cell therapy as a treatment for lupus, Graves’ disease and other conditions in which the body’s ...

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs. A small study is giving a ...

In recent years, advances in imaging have made acupuncture’s once-hidden effects increasingly visible. High-field fMRI scans ...

Donna Gustafson had a harder time than usual shaking off the jet lag from her 22-hour journey from Florida to Australia. Two days into her trip, her skin took on the yellow hue of jaundice. Subscribe ...

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system. Evolutionary arms races — where one species is pitted ...

After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – and saving patients' lives.

We sometimes hear about the benefits of “boosting” our immune system, but what we really want to do is support our immune system on an ongoing basis. People often think of the immune system as ...

The immune system can be further classified into the innate and adaptive immune systems. Although innate myeloid cells, such as macrophages, generate a ‘trained’ immune response following antigen ...

Just as your physiological immune system functions to protect your physical health, your psychological immune system protects your emotional well-being from external threats. In a 2005 article, ...