A new study from the University of Gothenburg may help guide the development of better influenza vaccines. Memory cells in ...

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) is one of the most challenging viruses for doctors to treat. Even with effective ...

Aging isn’t just about creaky knees and a growing collection of reading glasses. It’s an inside job, too. And one of the most dramatic changes happens in your immune system. The defenses that once ...

Scientists have found a way to make one of the most aggressive brain tumors vulnerable to the immune system. A single injection of a modified virus can invade glioblastoma, kill cancer cells, and ...

Learn how dietary supplements zinc and echinacea can boost your immune system, and whether taking them together is advantageous.

Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

After receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, a 63-year-old Norwegian man known as the "Oslo patient" has become ...

In a study of lab-engineered cells, researchers identify how the immune system neutralizes the herpesvirus. The research maps, for the first time, the maneuvers used by virus and host in the cell ...

Neurologic damage following acute viral infections may be attributed to an excessive immune response to the infection, according to a new study. Many viral infections that don't directly infect the ...

It’s cold and flu season and most of us will eventually encounter a virus. So, how does our immune system work to keep us healthy? According to Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director of the Cleveland ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...