An initiative partly funded by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK has moved further towards its goal of producing a 'human cell atlas' (HCA) to map every cell type in the human body.

Researchers show that the immune system can recognize and control the latent stage of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, a finding that can inform the study of latency in other infections of the nervous ...

Caesarean section may have potential health impact on the immune system compared to a child born naturally. Here’s how mode of delivery affects the immune system of a child and how we can boost our ...

Scientists at Gladstone and UC San Francisco—including Maya Arce, seen here—discover how one protein controls the behavior of immune cells, with potential applications for treating cancer and ...

In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses even as they mutate, raising hopes for a longer-lasting vaccine and a ...

The Forum on Regenerative Medicine held a two-day virtual workshop that explored promising approaches to modulate the patient immune system and/or the regenerative medicine product for improving the ...

A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a life-threatening condition characterized by acute deterioration of liver function in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease. It is often ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — More than a century of scientific research has shed light on the neuroimmune interaction ...

Most humans have long-lived infections in various tissues—including in the nervous system—that typically do not result in disease. The microbes associated with these infections enter a latent stage ...