A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, researchers at Stanford Medicine have found. Manipulating this pathway ...

In a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting, researchers report encouraging early results from research investigating a potential way to help some cancer ...

Stem-cell researcher Carolina Florian didn’t trust what she was seeing. Her elderly laboratory mice were starting to look younger. They were more sprightly and their coats were sleeker. Yet all she ...

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the ...

Type 1 diabetes is a disease where the immune system destroys insulin-producing beta cells in pancreatic islets. About 2 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. The islets of Langerhans are named for ...

From vitamin C to your microbiome and mindset, the latest science of immunity is often counterintuitive. Here's how to give ...

You likely consume it in different forms every day, but nutritional scientists learned it can elicit a strong immune response ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 8% of children and 11% of adults are affected by food ...

Allergy sufferers may one day be able to erase the source of their congestion, itchy skin and swollen lips and throat thanks to two studies that have uncovered elusive immune cells that maintain ...

The first-in-human clinical phase I trial assessing the feasibility and safety of WDVAX, an immunostimulatory ...

Everyone is fully locked in on longevity right now, investing in all kinds of supplements and biohacking products and workouts that will help slow the speed of ageing. But a little-known yet key part ...