Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in ...

When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body’s innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in ...

When thinking about the immune system, most people think about B and T cells and how they can be trained to recognize pathogens, preventing re-infections. Besides this "adaptive" immune system, we ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Exposure alters immune cell movement and reduces pathogen clearance, increasing the risk of severe ...

Research published today in Stem Cell Reports provides evidence that brief exposure to certain “danger signals” can prime the ...

Along with defending against pathogens, the body's innate immune system helps to protect the stability of our genomes in unexpected ways -- ways that have important implications for the development of ...

USC researchers found that a subset of blood stem cells influences immune aging by regulating the balance between innate and adaptive immune cells. When these cells overproduce innate immune cells, ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in ...

During pregnancy, the maternal immune system must engage in a fine balancing act: maintaining tolerance to the fetal allograft while restoring innate and adaptive immune mechanisms for protection ...

We wanted to create a monitoring tool that helps clinicians understand what is going on in the patient at a precise level, ...