For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...

Two teams of researchers have developed a cell reprogramming technology that converts rogue disease-causing T cells from our ...

Thousands of tiny fruit flies soon will journey into space to help NASA scientists better understand changes in the human immune system caused by space flight. Despite differences in size and ...

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had ...

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for ...

Google DeepMind’s AI model generated a ‘novel hypothesis’ about how cancer cells behave, confirmed through lab experiments.

The mere sight of a sick person may set off an alarm system in your brain and body, even if they are too far away to infect you. A series of experiments using virtual reality headsets has now revealed ...

Nanomedicine uses ultra-small particles to deliver drugs directly to the tissues and cells that need them, improving ...

Could a future vaccine against cancer be made better by an immune-boosting virus? Very likely, say Canadian scientists, ...

On 26 November, an experiment in a sounding rocket was launched at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, by a research group at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at ...