Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered a critical mechanism driving inflammation in ...

Millions of people worldwide carry viral infections they acquired at birth, often for life. For a long time it was assumed ...

Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in modern medicine. They help protect people from serious diseases by training ...

Activated immune cells secrete tiny capsules bearing DNA that can enter other immune and tumor cells to stimulate the body's ...

Damaging variants in genes involved in a rapid immune response (innate immunity) are significantly linked to earlier breast cancer onset in carriers of the harmful BRCA1 genetic mutation, reveal ...

A nearly COVID-free summer has long been the goal of public health officials who are striving to get enough people vaccinated by then to achieve so-called herd immunity. But is that a realistic goal? ...

Immunity passports would threaten our privacy and information security, and would be a significant step toward a system of national digital identification that could be used to collect and store our ...

Learn about primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), invisible immune system disorders affecting many, their symptoms, diagnosis, ...

How are bacterial pathogens able to effectively overcome plants' defense mechanisms? Researchers working with Professor Şuayb ...