#immune system

Microorganisms in the gut influence how the body responds to common cancer treatments, including immunotherapy.

Novel therapies, improved technologies and a better understanding of the immune system could yield broad dividends.

Researchers showed that B cells evolve after COVID-19 vaccination to help improve protection against SARS-CoV-2 over time.

A blood test and a smartwatch activity tracker helped predict how quickly hip replacement surgery patients recuperated.

Mononucleosis in teens may precipitate MS that remains undiagnosed for many years after the infection strikes.

Pthalates in personal care products are associated with premature death from all causes.

Evidence is growing that contracting SARS-CoV-2 is generally as effective as vaccination at preventing COVID-19.

Hospital-diagnosed infections of youth between ages 11 and 19 are associated with an elevated risk of developing MS.

What protects most children from becoming seriously ill? And why does that protection sometimes fail?

About half of people hospitalized with COVID-19 had antibodies that could mistakenly attack the body’s own proteins and tissues.

The immune system has a natural ability to shut down cells that grow out of control, but cancer has many ways to get around these defenses.

Experts call for heightened precautions and better, more intensive therapies for COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

Infants whose first poop lacks certain molecules are more likely to develop allergies by age 1.

Scientific evidence appears to show that vaccine-induced immunity is stronger than what the body generates after natural infection.

What we eat can either increase or decrease inflammation in the body.

A growing field of research suggests that the coronavirus unhinges the immune system more profoundly than previously realized.