Researchers created an oral cancer vaccine using a food poisoning bacterium that helps the immune system detect and attack colorectal tumors.

A newly discovered cancer trick that weakens immunotherapy may be stopped by everyday statins.

Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

The new GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA vaccine can be delivered as a nasal spray. Three doses protected mice from infection from SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses for three months, and reduced the viral load in ...

Experts share the best foods that reduce inflammation that may help protect you from developing chronic diseases. Plus, ...

Recent studies have shown that even if you feel healthy and fit, your immune system could be aging quicker than you think, which could increase the risk of infections and immune-related disorders.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wanted to know how well human beings are holding up against an onslaught of new variants. But, to figure out if our immune systems are up to the task ...

In 2015, former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with late stage melanoma, a form of skin cancer that had spread to his brain and other organs. For a number of reasons, traditional means of ...

In the middle of a global pandemic, people now, more than ever, are invested in understanding how their immune system works. Although many questions remain in the field of immunology research, The Sun ...

Innate immune sensors—known as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)—detect specific molecular components of bacterial or ...

It’s easy to feel helpless as we all face this invisible enemy. It’s an enemy that we can’t shoot and can’t mobilize our vast armies to overcome. But wait, we do have a major internal force—in fact, ...