The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that every year 600,000 deaths are caused by passive smoking worldwide and, in Austria alone, two or three people a day die as a result of passive smoking ...

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have uncovered a new mechanism by which the body’s immune system responds to viral infections, a finding that can potentially be harnessed to attack cancer. The ...

"Growing" on the defensive! Here's how researchers are providing a whole new look at how plants make their own protection ...

Restoring the gut microbiota through fecal microbiota transplantation reversed these effects. The treatment replenished CX3CR1-positive NK cells, reduced lung damage, and improved survival. Targeted ...

Researchers gain an insight into the relationship between the immune system and the gut microbiome in songbirds.

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 ...

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (U.K.) have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system—all ...

The most common side effects of mRNA vaccines like the COVID-19 shot are well known: soreness, mild fever, and general ...

Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, infects an estimated 390 million people and causes around 20,000 deaths worldwide ...

Jasmonate activity is included systemically by pathogens. Here plants are infected by bacteria carrying different avirulence genes (avrRpm1 at bottom right, avrRps4 at bottom left, avrRpt2 at top ...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has released the city's finalized Overdose Response Strategic Plan that includes a new goal of reducing deadly overdoses by 50% by 'BLOODBATH’ Bodycam shows Fairfax ...

A new study found that daylight boosts your immune system by helping infection-fighting cells (neutrophils) work more effectively during the day. Researchers found that your immune cells have their ...