A study published in Science by the Champalimaud Foundation reveals a surprising new role for the immune system. During periods of low energy—such as intermittent fasting or exercise—immune cells step ...

The biologic drug interferon-alpha can benefit patients with blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms by forcing ...

Immunity plays a central role in the fight against cancer. Many of the current immunotherapies aim at helping the patient's immune system to better recognize cancer cells—by using engineered ...

Age, sex, genetics, previous illnesses, and underlying health conditions have all been linked to differences in vaccine response. Conditions that compromise the immune system often raise the risk of a ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her ...

Your blood type isn’t just important for transfusions — it’s actually providing you with built-in protection against certain diseases while potentially making you more vulnerable to others. The same ...

The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better survival rate, finds a new study that uses a pioneering ...

Blood cancer can be difficult to recognise because its early symptoms often overlap with common health problems. Persistent ...

When HSF1 was active, high glucose helped cancer cells strengthen their protective sugar-rich shield. The researchers suggest that targeting this pathway could eventually make cancer cells easier for ...

During fasting or exercise, immune cells (red) migrate to the pancreas and stimulate glucagon-producing cells (orange) to regulate blood sugar, with cell nuclei shown in blue. “For decades, immunology ...

Researchers have developed a new method to recreate a robust and functional human immune system in mice using mononuclear cells from the cord blood. This new kind of mice, that count with most of the ...