People with hard-to-treat asthma often have to use medicines such as systemic steroids that broadly suppress the immune ...

Immunologist Dr. Jenna Macciochi explains that as we age, our immune system starts to decline. Here's how to spot an immune ...

Maintaining a strong immune system has never been more important. The past decade or so — the rise of COVID-19 and the threat of outbreaks around the world — has proven this. Perhaps the biggest key ...

IBD is an immune condition. Instead of peacefully coexisting with gut microbes, the immune system becomes overly reactive, ...

A CAR-T therapy used to treat cancer managed to reset the immune system and bring three autoimmune diseases into remission in ...

As part of the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in the innate immune ...

Experts break down why eggs—a simple, high-quality protein—are immunity-strengthening heroes, and the best ways to cook them.

Cancer immunotherapy is built on a simple but powerful idea: the immune system can recognize and destroy cancer cells if it is properly activated. In many patients, however, this response is too weak ...

T cells, which target infection and disease, can become more effective after a meal. The finding might help improve ...

Diabetes is often described as a metabolic disease. Yet, over the past decade, it has become clear that the immune system is deeply involved at every stage ...

Your immune system isn’t just a short-term defender—it carries a memory of past battles that shapes how it responds to new ones. From mRNA vaccine targeting to tissue-resident T cells and even ...

No one likes being sick. As a teenager, I remember attempting to cure an unwanted cold with a tall glass of refreshing orange ...