New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

T-cell activation involves two phases, enabling a more precise immune response. This insight may boost cancer immunotherapy effectiveness. A research team led by Wolfgang Kastenmüller and Georg ...

Explore how our immune system balances defense against invaders and tolerates food proteins to prevent allergies and asthma.

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies ...

A study led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), in collaboration with the Instituto ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food ...

Our gut is constantly exposed to a wide variety of foods, and the gut microbiome helps the immune system learn what's harmful ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and ...

Findings challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain ...

A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health has revealed that a special group of cells found in mouse intestines ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...