Why should the immune system not be “boosted,” but instead supported through consistent, healthy habits? Learn how the immune ...

When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her ...

Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

What is the TREM-1 receptor? A new review explores TREM-1's role in sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, and neuroinflammation.

During pregnancy, the maternal immune system must engage in a fine balancing act: maintaining tolerance to the fetal ...