A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in ...

Over the years, cell biology has built a detailed picture of how cells compartmentalize their internal functions. Central to this organization is the nucleus, which houses the genetic material and is ...

Stimulating the liver to generate signals normally produced by the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations.

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known ...

Diseases from bacterial pathogens have been a major concern worldwide and are the major cause of mortality and morbidity. Dendritic cells and macrophages ...

Why can the human immune system often remember a vaccination for a whole lifetime? Researchers at ...

About one in five people living in the U.S. suffer from an anxiety disorder, but it turns out that immune cells, rather than neurons, control your anxiety levels.

Crohn’s and UC affect the GI tract differently. Crohn’s impacts the whole tract, while UC is limited to the colon. Learn the ...

A diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma is a significant life event, but it is a manageable condition. Because KS is so closely linked ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

Officials are going after metal-containing ingredients, including aluminum adjuvants. Here’s why vaccines need them ...