A combination of antibiotics and the body’s own defensive metabolites clears bacterial infections faster than antibiotics alone.
A combination of antibiotics and the body’s own defensive metabolites clears bacterial infections faster than antibiotics alone.
In rhesus macaques, an individual's drop in the social hierarchy leads to overactive immune genes and, possibly, poor health.
A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
Vaccination via tiny microneedles elicits a powerful immune response in the skin.
A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem cells. Now it’s up to human clinical trials to test if they can make a difference in patients.
Early exposure to microbes shapes the mammalian immune system by subduing inflammatory T cells.
Replacing immune cells in a mouse model of Rett syndrome, a developmental brain disorder, improved symptoms, suggesting a new target for treatment.
A new method for transplanting immunologically mismatched organs may remove the need for life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection.
A lot changes in a child’s body over the course of development, and not all changes occur linearly: gene expression can fluctuate, and organs can perform different functions on the way to their final purpose in the body. Here are some of the key deve