For those with specific mutation, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology and Columbia were able to document actions of T-cells, providing possible target for new therapies.

Around 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. About half of patients die within 14 ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

New research from the Stowers Institute reveals how our immune system protects us early in life but fuels inflammation and ...

Three medical experts explain what best to eat and drink before and after a flu shot, to mitigate the risk of feeling faint, ...

Researchers have discovered the “fountain of youth” for cells - but it comes with a big cost. Some people over 60 years old were found to have immune systems that appear to be much younger in wear-and ...

Since the age of nine or ten, Katie Burns has had debilitating pain from endometriosis, a condition where tissue resembling ...