Polio may be nearly eradicated, but it’s far from a thing of the past, however, new discoveries at The Hormel Institute, ...

A glass of milk and a slice of bread do not look like medicine. But a new study from UC Riverside suggests that certain ...

Fungal pathogens that live harmlessly on and inside the human body are increasingly defeating the limited arsenal of antifungal drugs, while simultaneously dodging the immune system’s surveillance.

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the virus by triggering an arsenal of antiviral defenses. In a ...

A study led by Fisabio (Spain) has characterized a previously undescribed mechanism of action that could be relevant for the ...

New research shows that eosinophils, immune cells usually linked to allergies, also play a protective role against Candida infections by using the CD48 receptor to recognize the fungus and release ...

Researchers led by the Fisabio Foundation found that dermcidin, a natural antimicrobial peptide present in sweat and ...

When a virus enters the lungs, the immune system has to react fast. The lung maintains its own community of immune cells ...

The term “host-pathogen interactions” refers to the dynamic interplay between the host organism (such as humans and/or animals) and the infective agent (such as parasites, fungi, viruses or bacteria).

Bacteria block the immune system with lactic acid and cause infections to become chronic, revealing why some wounds don't ...

Proteins responsible for controlling levels of iron in the body also play an important role in combatting infection, according to a study published today in Cell Host & Microbe. Humans - along with ...