As the brain grows older, its immune cells can become less effective at clearing debris and controlling potentially harmful ...

Age, genetics and lifestyle are known to influence how people respond to viral infections. Scientists also know that ...

More than 1,000 genetic switches behave differently in male and female immune cells, helping explain why women are much more ...

Around age 100, the human body's immune system may make a turn that helps address the common ailments of aging, according to researchers in Japan who study supercentenarians who live to be 110+.

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Could AI hold the key to answering questions that have stumped doctors and scientists for decades? A recent study at Cold ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered lymph node-like structures in the skull ...

People who live to 110 years and older have large populations of a rare type of immune cell that can kill cancer 1, finds a ...

For decades, astronomers have been finding planets orbiting stars far beyond our solar system. More than 6,000 exoplanets are now known.

Johnson & Johnson has secured FDA authorization for its OTTAVA robotic-assisted surgical system, advancing its push into ...