One immune cell may help slow aging by restoring the body's natural cellular cleanup process, according to a new study.

Bacteria living in healthy human intestines use molecular syringes to inject proteins that directly bind and adjust immune ...

Mice engineered to develop Alzheimer’s-like disease lost cognitive function faster when infected with a common herpesvirus, ...

In the battle against diseases, the human body boasts an intricate defence network capable of identifying and neutralising threats – the immune system. It serves as a guardian, constantly patrolling ...

The immune system, the body's defense network against infections and injuries, can sometimes become too active. In these ...

Look in the mirror. Is one eye slightly higher than the other? Is your smile a bit lopsided? These tiny asymmetries might seem like nothing more than quirky physical traits, but they could be ...

"We're making essentially your immune system do a better job at recognition of the tumor and elimination of the tumor," one ...

To our immune system, naked RNA is a sign of a viral or bacterial invasion and must be attacked. But our own cells also have RNA. To ward off trouble, our cells clothe their RNA in sugars, Vijay ...

Almost everyone carries Candida albicans. The yeast colonizes human mucous membranes—for example, the oral mucosa and the ...

(Westend61/Getty Images) Humans have been tattooing themselves for thousands of years, for spiritual, cultural, or personal reasons. Long before we were covering ourselves in ironic stick'n'pokes, ...

Creatine is one of the most popular fitness supplements in the world. It is widely used by athletes, bodybuilders, and ...