Wildfire smoke alters the immune system on a cellular level People have changes in immune cells and markers for inflammation Dozens of genes related to allergies and asthma are also affected ...

“It can be a very peaceful, sometimes religious, sometimes cultural and sometimes social experience,” one researcher said.

Summer immune boosters Berries, berries, berries I know you know, but berries are powerhouses when it comes to immune boosting activity in the body.

Most people think pets just keep us company. But science says that having animals around can change your immune system in ways you might not expect. From early childhood allergy protection to ...

An immune-system user’s guide—an interview with Daniel Davis Our podcast on science and technology. This week: a myth-busting tour through immunology ...

An autoantibody associated with systemic lupus erythematosus may help improve the performance of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies used to treat cancers, according to recent findings.&ldquo ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and ...

“The additional effect of activating the patient’s own immune system against cancer cells by histotripsy can help the patient’s body respond better to other types of cancer treatment they ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have been investigating the possibility that Alzheimer’s is caused, at least in part, by the immune system’s wayward attempts to fix DNA ...

A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has led to a discovery with the potential to stop the cognitive decline seen in patients with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, ...

Scientists are also studying how the immune system deals with this microbiome, and learns to tolerate it. The human body has to sequester the gut microbiome, and the gut lining or epithelium is a ...

Sneaky parasite evades the human immune system by stripping cells and wearing them as a disguise Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them ...