Scientists discovered how macrophages, which act as the immune system's first line of defense, tailor their specific responses to various intruders through the independent and cooperative functions of ...

Daily life is shaped by the solar day, influencing when we wake up, eat, work and sleep. Inside the body, a similar internal ...

Immune system cells called macrophages play an unexpected role in the complicated connection between obesity and cancer, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has discovered. While ...

An international research team has succeeded in elucidating key immunological and biochemical mechanisms underlying ...

Different immune cell populations influence the severity of cardiac inflammation after myocardial infarction (MI), which ...

Your gut harbors trillions of microbes which live in precarious harmony with your immune system. When that harmony is upset, the results can be excruciating—especially for those with Crohn’s disease, ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

Duke-NUS researchers have identified that blocking specific proteins in immune cells can significantly reduce or reverse lung scarring. This discovery paves the way for novel treatments that could ...

Heart attacks and strokes are among the leading causes of death worldwide. In most cases, these serious medical emergencies ...

Cells operate on rules not vibes, including when on the precipice of persisting or perishing. Yet, with prior research methods, scientists studying this phenomenon had to infer how cells choose to ...