The innate immune response activates the complement system, a response that helps the antibodies and white blood cells remove the virus. Together, the innate and adaptive immune responses ...

More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first ...

Called enpatoran, the agent targets the Toll-like receptor (TLR) species 7 and 8. Some 50%-60% of patients with systemic ...

Revolutionary advancements in blood cancer treatment, from targeted therapy to gene editing, promise more effective and ...

2011). T and B lymphocytes are the adaptive immune system cells, however, there are distinct populations of lymphocyte called natural killers or T cytotoxic that have been classified as an innate ...

For centuries, philosophers and healers alike have speculated about how thoughts, emotions, and consciousness exert tangible effects on the physical body.

How chronic activation of the innate immune system can lead to cancer The newer paper, led by first author Hexiao Wang, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Petrini Lab, and published in Genes ...

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 ...

Social jet lag associated with irregular sleep patterns and inconsistent exposure to daylight is increasingly common, and has been linked with a weakened immune system. Disruption of our circadian ...

A breakthrough study, led by scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, has uncovered how daylight can boost the immune system's ability to fight infections. The team focused on ...