Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new defense mechanism that the immune system utilises to combat infections. The team's discovery of how a novel ...

Experiments at Aarhus University have shown how the body mobilises a hitherto unknown defence against viruses and bacteria. This also explains why we do not constantly get ill despite the viruses ...

The human body has three primary lines of defense to fight against foreign invaders, including viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The immune system’s three lines of defense include physical and ...

By using advanced screening methods to tune into the communications taking place between individual cells, scientists have produced a full connectivity map of the human immune system, which may ...

The body’s third line of defense—the adaptive defense system—is a final, more specific response. Its elite fighting units are trained on the job; that is, they are created in response to a ...

Your immune system is the first line of defence against infections and illness. When you're unwell, it produces antibodies designed to attack viruses, bacteria or toxins making you sick. It's a ...

As we age, the immune system begins to weaken. This leaves us exposed to dangerous infections. But a new study offers hope: we may soon be able to reverse the trend.

"Our immune system is the front line of defense in our body -- it recognizes threats and mounts an appropriate response to harmful elements like virus or bacteria," Jamie Justice, ...