For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. Scientists have long ...

Researchers from the HUN-REN Szeged Biological Research Centre and HCEMM have just published a new study suggesting that it's ...

Colorectal cancer has long baffled scientists because, unlike most tumors, patients often do better when their cancers are ...

While the fabled fountain of youth may not actually exist, a new type of therapy now does.

Our immune system implements an array of strategies to combat threatening infections. White blood cells called cytotoxic T ...

Researchers recently tried an experiment: Gather people who had the same kind of lung cancer and put them on the same type of treatments to fire up their immune systems. The only difference was that ...

Salmon, love it or hate it, it is one of the few foods that provides vitamin D. Vitamin D plays a significant role in ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have discovered a new way to rejuvenate a key component of immune function, ...

Nipah virus does not just infect the body, it disrupts immune defences at multiple levels, suppressing early antiviral responses and triggering harmful inflammation.

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system not by accident but by actively switching off internal danger signals through ...

An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

Cancer cells carry thousands of mutations, but not all mutations are created equal. Some make tumors highly visible to the ...