Human peadiatric thymus image from the IBEX protein multiplex (44 proteins on the same image) platform. Thymic epithelial cells are labeled with DEC205 (cyan), pan-cytokeratin (purple), keratin 5 (red ...

In people on HIV drugs, the virus may still exhaust T cells, making it hard to fight back For two decades, the dominant idea in HIV research has been that antiretroviral therapy effectively wipes out ...

The immune system can be “reprogrammed” to heal the body faster using electrical stimulation, according to new research. Irish scientists discovered that electrically stimulating “macrophages” – one ...

Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater ...

A new human study has uncovered how the body naturally turns off inflammation. Researchers found that fat-derived molecules called epoxy-oxylipins rein in immune cells that can otherwise drive chronic ...

Growing research suggests the bacteria left behind by the common childhood infection may trick the immune system into ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study finds that proteasomes—structures that reside in all cells in the body and typically break ...

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In the battle against diseases, the human body boasts an intricate defence network capable of identifying and ...

Gardening is good for you, and it's not just because it keeps you physically active. According to new research, growing plants can actually boost your immune system, and you don't even need to have a ...

In the summer of 2008, in a cave nestled within Siberia’s Altai Mountains, Russian scientists unearthed a sliver of a finger bone. At first, the scientists assumed the fossil was from a Neanderthal — ...