The idea of turning back the clock on the immune system has moved from science fiction to a concrete experimental strategy. A ...

Researchers have discovered that mimicking cold exposure or fasting can trigger an immune response in the body that slows ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. Led by researchers at Helmholtz Munich ...

MYC‑driven tumors silence innate immune alarms by clearing R‑loop–derived signals, exposing a new therapeutic angle for targeting MYC without broad inhibition.

A vitamin A byproduct has been found to quietly disarm the immune system, allowing tumors to evade attack and weakening ...

An international research team has succeeded in deciphering a key mechanism that controls the growth of pancreatic cancers.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by nerve damage and consequent impairments in vision, movement, balance and mental function. In MS, the immune system mistakenly ...

Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection. This work, which used a mouse model of intestinal worm infections, showed that the immune ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol ...

For a long time, neuroscientists treated this forgetting as a cognitive glitch or a simple lack of brainware maturity. But a ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have discovered a new way to rejuvenate a key component of immune function, ...