Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body's own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is ...

Disease can arise both when immune cells are too active and when they're not active enough. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For ...

The test David took was developed by John Tsang at Yale University and his colleagues. The team wanted to work out a way of ...

And Dr Hussain Ahmad, a hospital doctor, said: “I don’t really like the word boost when we talk about the immune system. It gives the idea that you can switch it on or make it stronger with tablets or ...

Regulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via Flickr Every day, your immune system ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This ...