A healthy immune system is one of the keys to a healthy life. It’s what protects your body from infection. If your immune ...

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 ...

Planes, trains, boats, automobiles and even feet. During the past decades and centuries, global travel and human migration have made all of us more worldly — from our broadening awareness of the world ...

Aging causes the immune system to become less effective, increasing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging have created a comprehensive ...