Around your mid-40s and again in your early 60s, your body might go through more dramatic changes than you expect. A recent ...

Now in its second year, the Barefoot Trail was inspired by the concept of grounding, or earthing, drawing on an ancient tradition and encouraging guests to unplug, slow down and e ...

Forty boxes recently arrived at a mostly empty lab space in University City where the Wistar Institute opened this month a research center that seeks to cure HIV. Soon they will be unpacked by a ...

Some people are allergic to others – but the mystery of how this works is only just starting to be unravelled.

Living with animals is thought to have profound effects on our immunity – potentially reducing the risk of allergies, eczema and even autoimmune conditions.

Ten times she tried, and 10 times the tumors were squelched. When she suppressed the new host’s immune system with drugs, however, the tumors took hold. “That was the key!” she later recalled.

The ability to engineer these rigid antibodies could help develop more potent drugs that can stimulate the immune system to target cancer or other diseases.” The Y-shaped antibodies fight infections ...

It doesn’t play by the matchmaking rules. HIV evades immune detection by rapidly mutating and generating millions of unique pieces of the virus, called peptides, that our immune system can’t recognize ...

I just wanted to extend that time." The mRNA vaccine works by targeting genetic mutations found in pancreatic cancer, alerting the immune system to recognize and attack the tumor.

In a first, scientists have designed immune cells that protect stem cell transplants from being rejected by the body — and they could someday open the door for a cure for diabetes. The new cells ...