A strong immune response doesn’t necessarily mean better protection from infection. The type and timing of immune attacks matter, too.
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A mosquito bite may seem like a minor summer irritation, but it reflects a complex interaction taking place in the immune system.
Heat stroke doesn’t just overheat the body. It unleashes an inflammatory chain reaction that can damage organs even after the temperature returns to normal.
As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.
Explosive diarrhea has been spreading across the US, and the parasite that causes the disease has already sickened thousands – and counting.
Your bed is warm and it’s cold outside. Besides, you have a tickle in your throat. Should you go for that run?
Understanding inflammation is one of the biggest challenges of modern medicine.
The marketing hype promises better health for men, fewer colds and a more robust immune system. Here’s what the evidence says.
CAR-T therapy engineers a patient’s own immune cells to fight cancer. Making these cels more resilient can make treatments more effective.
When animals are outside their preferred temperature range, their immune systems can’t fight pathogens well.
This study is one of the first to identify a link between Pfas exposure and asthma in childhood.
CAR-T cell therapies advance the treatment of cancer, but they are expensive and can take weeks to process. Academic development could cut costs and time while making them more accessible.
This new type of immunotherapy shows promise for treating different cancers including prostate cancer, leukaemia and lung cancer.
The key players of our immune system aren’t well understood. Here’s how vaccines give our immune players a home advantage to fight infection.
If you get sick just in time for a weekend or your long-awaited holiday, it’s called ‘leisure sickness’. But is it real?
Tattoo ink stays with you for life. Researchers are now asking how these pigments interact with the immune system and whether long-term exposure matters.
As little as 30 grams of kimchi per day may lead to beneficial immune system changes.
Garlic may help lower blood pressure and cholesterol and support healthier arteries.
Uncontrolled inflammation is usually thought to be the culprit behind asthma. But in asthma patients who have survived intimate partner violence, a possible new pattern is emerging.
The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to traditional immunotherapy.
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor in Immunology, University of Manchester
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Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Lecturer, Biochemistry & Immunology, Swansea University
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Honorary Associate Professor
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Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan