There are many ways that the human body responds to stress, from the adrenaline rush of the "fight-or-flight" instinct to more subtle, complex changes that may not be immediately recognizable to us.

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney have discovered why some people with celiac disease continue to suffer debilitating symptoms despite strictly avoiding gluten.

Microglia are shown in red, and CD11c-positive cells in green. Scale bar = 100 µm. A research group led by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan has uncovered a potential mechanism ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have found that physically resisting the formation of an immunological synapse actually promotes a stronger immune response. The findings could ...

For decades, cancer immunotherapy has focused primarily on CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes as the main executors of tumor cell ...

Treating rare diseases can be complicated at the best of times, and it gets even more complicated when different patients with the same disease exhibit different symptoms. Now, researchers from Japan ...

Small food protein signals teach immune cells to accept food. The finding helps explain how the body prevents food allergies.

Weight loss is notoriously hard to maintain. Within a few years most people regain the pounds they initially lose, whether through dieting, exercise, surgery or weight-loss medications such as the ...

Groundbreaking research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed crucial new insights into the immune systems of COVID-19 survivors, particularly those struggling with ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Study finds infants' immune systems respond very differently to the two viruses, with important treatment implications ...

Scientists have identified mutated immune cell clones that could point to improved treatment for refractory coeliac disease. Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney ...