Diets and healthy eating habits hold promise for preventing and treating diseases, but far less is known about acute effects ...

Our immune systems function by employing two separate responses when in contact with disease. The first is the innate immune system, which aids in monitoring for infection throughout the body. Innate ...

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A daily vitamin D supplement may quietly supercharge chemotherapy. In a small study, women who took low doses alongside ...

Researchers at VIB and VUB have developed a powerful new way to study how the immune system behaves inside lung tumors. By ...

Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

Published in Cell Reports, the study reveals how the molecular organization of cytotoxic T cells underpins their function, ...

Staying young might not be all it’s cracked up to be. While most people experience a decline in immune function with age, new research has found that a fortunate few maintain a powerful defense thanks ...

Can the weakened immune systems of older individuals be rejuvenated? Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the HI-STEM institute, and the Broad Institute have demonstrated that ...

That antibacterial soap by your sink might be creating more problems than it solves. While marketing messages have convinced many of us that eliminating germs is always beneficial, emerging research ...