The immune system's B cells create antibodies that can mount a response against just about anything—either destroying a pathogen or instructing the rest of the immune system to go after the offender.

If humans or animals eat something that causes them to feel unwell, they subsequently avoid this food source. Until now, it ...

From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow.

After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – ...

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease ...

Our brains might prime our immune system merely by seeing someone who looks sick. A study published July 28 in Nature Neuroscience found that participants who saw sick-looking faces in virtual reality ...

Scientists have discovered a way to supercharge the immune system’s T cells by blocking a protein called Ant2, forcing the cells to rewire how they generate energy. This shift makes them more powerful ...

An innovative gene-editing strategy could establish a new way for the body to manufacture therapeutic proteins—including ...

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UPMC and University of Pittsburgh clinician-scientists have weaned and kept multiple liver transplantation patients off of ...