Astronauts orbiting the Earth tend to suffer from immune system problems such as infections and the reactivation of dormant viruses, even on short-term spaceflights. That appears to be because a lack ...

Your immune system is like an incredibly sophisticated security team, constantly patrolling your body for threats and neutralizing them before they can cause harm. When it’s working properly, this ...

Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the ...

Groundbreaking research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed crucial new insights into the immune systems of COVID-19 survivors, particularly those struggling with ...

Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves that grip entire continents. Flooding that submerges vast swaths of island nations and continental coastal areas. Other ...

Are autoimmune diseases fatal? Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system ...

Sleep disturbances have a strong negative impact on the immune system of people who have recently lost a spouse, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Rice University. The overactivated ...

The dangers posed by a stroke extend beyond the brain. A stroke can harm other organs such as the heart by triggering a systemic inflammatory response. Indeed, according to scientists based at Ludwig ...

One of the biggest hurdles in developing an HIV vaccine is coaxing the body to produce the right kind of immune cells and ...

Picture this: a huge house is being guarded by multiple security guards. Now imagine your body is that house, and the ...