Young children who attend nursery get sick more often than those who don't, but they will go on to have fewer illnesses during early school years, finds a new review of evidence by a group of ...

In a breakthrough cancer therapy development, scientists at MIT and Harvard Medical School created a new way of designing immune cells that could make “off-the-shelf” cancer medications more potent ...

We are in the thick of cold and flu season. So, fortifying your immune system is probably high on your list of priorities. While there is no magical food or supplement that will prevent you from ...

Experts say immune health isn’t about never getting sick. Instead, researchers increasingly focus on “immune resilience,” the body’s ability to respond to infections effectively and return to balance ...

Computer science professor Madhav Marathe is leading Biocomplexity Institute researchers at the University of Virginia to develop the "brains" behind a next-generation system designed to make ...

The immune system works to maintain homeostasis throughout the body. Various cell types and immune mechanisms work in concert to fight disease. Specifically, two waves of immunity orchestrate a robust ...

Food allergies are serious and, for some, potentially deadly. And yet, despite decades of research into allergies and what causes them, very little is known about why the vast majority of people are ...

A growing body of research is describing the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory benefits of exercise, according to data presented at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician ...

A Cleveland Clinic-led research collaboration between Timothy Chan, MD, PhD, Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Global Center for Immunotherapy, and Bristol Myers Squibb has published the most comprehensive ...

From your digestive system to sleep, here are the overlooked signals that indicate your health could be struggling ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...