Winter brings plenty of outdoor fun but also a flurry of viruses that can challenge your immune system. As we spend more time indoors with more people around us, we find ourselves exposed to ...

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are cancer therapeutics that have shown remarkable success in extending lives in many cancers, including melanoma, MSI-high cancers, and other cancers. However, these ...

Eating fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and healthy fats can boost your immune system. Regular exercise can help regulate and boost immune function but don't overdo it. Getting enough sleep each ...

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had immune cells that functioned better and aged more slowly. Their inflammation ...

An estimated 2.8 million people worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS). This autoimmune condition is the result of the immune system damaging parts of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, which ...

How does the same infection, say the flu or a cold, give some people mild symptoms and leave others suffering? Why do people develop autoimmune diseases? And will we ever be able to predict when—and ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Study reveals how our immune system transforms across a lifetime—unlocking the potential for predicting disease risk and optimizing health before symptoms appear. Resource: Integrating single-cell RNA ...