The microbiome not only consists of bacteria, but also of fungi. Most of them support human and animal health. However, some ...

Medical researchers have used animals, particularly mice, to mimic disease and study biological phenomena. The origin of mice as a standard model system for scientific research can extend back to the ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when administered intravenously, outperforming current standard therapies and paving ...

Immune cells must learn not to attack the body itself. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has discovered a ...

This article explores how the role of regulatory T cells in immunological self-tolerance evolved from skepticism to Nobel ...

There is relatively little information on the long-term health effects of tattooing, but a couple of recent studies suggest ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered a mechanism that drives the long-term decline in immune response that is observed after tuberculosis (TB) has ...