The immune-boosting power of a fever is surprisingly ancient. Cold-blooded creatures like fish typically move to warmer environments to help fight infections. In one fish species, Nile tilapia, 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 ...

Trained immunity provides a unifying framework linking innate immune memory to both protective and maladaptive inflammation ...

Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...

A new study shows human immune systems differ across populations, raising new questions for medicine and global drug research ...

Orthopedic infections are common complications following surgery or trauma to bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and other related tissues. The immune system plays a crucial role in the ...

An immunologist imagines the body’s defense system as a team of unique, quirky characters, showcasing their essential roles.