Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers from Monash University and the Lions Eye Institute have discovered a tissue ...

A human study reveals how naturally occurring fat-derived molecules help switch off inflammation. Researchers at (UCL) have identified an important biological process that helps the body bring ...

The project, titled Liver Immunocompetent Volumetric Engineering (LIVE), aims to address the shortage of donor organs by ...

Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to ...

Researchers have unlocked a way to grow the immune system’s “conductors” from stem cells, bringing ready-made cancer-fighting therapies a big step closer. For the first time, scientists at the Univers ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a bold new front. With $1 million in funding from Breakthrough T1D, the ...

Sneaky parasite evades the human immune system by stripping cells and wearing them as a disguise Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have ...

Learn how a naturally occurring cat coronavirus is helping reveal how viral infections can linger inside the immune system.

An initiative partly funded by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK has moved further towards its goal of producing a 'human cell atlas' (HCA) to map every cell type in the human body.

Millions of people live with atrial fibrillation, a racing, uneven heartbeat that can leave you exhausted and scared. Yet it ...