Disease can arise from pathogens that secrete toxins, from dysregulation of the immune system or simply from aging. Far more commonly, pathogenesis occurs as a consequence of complex interactions ...

A team has identified a previously unknown phase of the immune response. The results challenge long-standing assumptions about the process called 'T-cell priming'. These new insights have significant ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state ...

Vaccines work by training your immune system ... of the disease including: Each of the vaccine types has different strengths and weaknesses, says Brendan Wren, a professor of microbial ...

The research was designed to advance the development of immunotherapies that harness the power of the body's immune system to ...

Virology researchers have found that a specific protein modification to the immune protein MDA5 is key to how our bodies detect and respond to viruses and viral replication. The publication explains ...

thereby creating a vicious cycle that ultimately wreaks havoc on the immune system. “It’s really elegant science,” said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious ...