A single sauna session appears to briefly increase circulating white blood cells, hinting at a short-term shift in how the immune system monitors the body. Credit: Stock A brief sauna session may ...

Why should the immune system not be “boosted,” but instead supported through consistent, healthy habits? Learn how the immune ...

The immune system's B cells create antibodies that can mount a response against just about anything—either destroying a pathogen or instructing the rest of the immune system to go after the offender.

Researchers have uncovered how a disease-causing bacterium uses a single protein to interfere with the body's defenses in more than one way, offering a clearer picture of how infections take hold at ...

The average human has about 1.8 trillion immune cells. These cells patrol the body for bacteria, viruses, cancers, and other ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the initial illness. The same thing happens for millions of people worldwide with ...

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Scientists have discovered a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, forcing the cells to rewire how they generate energy. This shift makes them more powerful ...

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 ...

Doctors recommend getting your flu shot annually, since the specific influenza strain it targets varies from year to year.

Chinese scientists have developed a new tool to measure how fast the human immune system ages, and identified a key factor that could help slow this process. The study, led by a research team from the ...

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease ...