Cancer remains one of the biggest health challenges in the world. Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with different ...

Immune system disorders in children can involve an underactive, overactive, or misdirected immune response. Main groups include immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, atopic diseases, and ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. What are called autoimmune diseases can ...

Here's the key insight: the type of carbohydrate you eat determines whether your gut bacteria become your immune system's ...

Kate Markey, MBBS, PhD, has discovered a link between the intestinal microbiome and developing chronic graft-versus-host ...

In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects - ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

Carvykti has boxed warnings for risk of certain immune system problems, nervous system problems, and other blood cancers. Serious side effects of the drug tend to be rare. This drug can also cause ...

Recently, the Boston Globe's Jessica Bartlett asked me about sepsis for an excellent story published a few days ago. In her story, Bartlett investigates why sepsis cases have dramatically increased in ...

Children with immune system problems were able to ‘visit’ a zoo – with the help of a robot. Riley, 7, and Josy, 5, have both received treatment for various cancers and are immunocompromised. But they ...