As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But ...

It starts with a sneeze. Someone on the subway didn't cover their mouth and now a cloud of invisible invaders hangs in the ...

Trinity College Dublin scientists showed that electrical stimulation reprograms macrophages to reduce inflammation and boost healing. This breakthrough could lead to broad therapeutic uses.

In the march of metastasis, a molecular trail of crumbs guides some cancer cells from the primary tumor to establish new ...

Scientists have developed a smarter way to activate the immune system against cancer, potentially making treatments safer and more precise.

Rochester, Minn. — The immune system is meant to protect the body from infection and disease. But with age, it can become less capable of doing so. However, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that ...

Certain types of biochemical processes can impair the immune system’s ability to recognize and kill cancer cells. Purdue University’s W. Andy Tao and his associates have developed a new way to study ...

The gut contains the largest collection of immune cells in the body. New research at the Buck Institute shows that some of those immune cells travel along the brain/gut axis in a mouse model of ...

How Does Exercise Affect White Blood Cell Count? Exercise typically causes white blood cells to circulate more quickly. In theory, this means that your body may be able to identify infections more ...

The immune system can be “reprogrammed” to heal the body faster using electrical stimulation, according to new research. Irish scientists discovered that electrically stimulating “macrophages” – one ...