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 ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

Our immune response is not fixed. It is a living, adaptive network of cells and signals that evolves over our lifespan, bringing refinement and fragility. Early life is marked by immune learning and ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

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

DMBT1 is a multifunctional secreted protein that plays a pivotal role in the body’s first line of defence across mucosal surfaces. Characterised by its scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domains, ...

Regulatory T cells are a type of white blood cell that can help identify and repair damaged tissues. It's been thought that various tissues hold specific populations of T cells that remain there to ...

The human immune system usually works wonders, protecting us from all sorts of diseases. However, if the immune system goes into overdrive, it can become even more dangerous than the diseases it ...

KAUST plant scientists have revealed the role that the regulatory protein OXI1 plays in anti-pathogen immunity in plants. In this image, the plant specimens overexpressed OXI1, which manifests in the ...