For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Dermatologists call it SALT, short for skin-associated lymphoid tissue, and it’s your outer layer's built-in surveillance ...

It’s a jungle out there — of pathogens, viruses, bacteria, parasites and allergens — each seeking a place to call home. Though we’re exposed to these potentially harmful microbes every day, a healthy ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This ...

Though the NHS recommends most adults consider taking vitamin D until around March as daylight hours shrink, the service also noted: “There’s little evidence that supplements such as vitamin C, ...

The short answer: nothing. “That’s a pseudoscience term,” says Laura Purdy, MD, MBA, founder and CEO of Swell Medical.

Vitamins and supplements like zinc and cod liver oil are often touted for their ability to boost your immune system, but Jeffrey Bland, the "father of functional medicine," says that's not actually ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aimee Pugh Bernard, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...

Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the body. Veronika Sapozhnikova, Konstantin Sokolov, Rebecca Richards-Kortum/M.D. Anderson Cancer ...