Effective functioning of the immune system relies upon systems of checks and balances; too little activity results in overwhelming infection, too much activity results in excessive damage to the host.

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites. During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells, known as virtual memory T cells ...

Recent investigations into the interplay between exercise and the immune system have yielded compelling evidence that both the type and intensity of physical activity evoke distinct immunological ...

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a globally significant pathogen responsible for gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection that has become increasingly challenging to manage due to the emergence of ...

Scientists from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) have contributed to an international study that shed new light on why humans and ...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are some of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, and new research suggests they could also protect against serious infections ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB)—and it involves the bacteria harnessing part of the immune system meant ...

A new University of Manchester and Edinburgh study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found that ...

Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so widely between individuals.

Virtual memory T cells (T VM), activated by IL-4 during a parasitic infection in the intestine, expressing the CD22 receptor, which enables them to regulate this activation. Researchers at the ...