Millions of people worldwide carry viral infections they acquired at birth, often for life. For a long time it was assumed ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit for giving the human immune system a memory. Now, researchers at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses. National Institute of Allergy and ...

The immune system is the frontline protection against infection, continually searching for and destroying unknown pathogens.

Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors. By combining a patient-relevant mouse model with single-cell technologies, the ...