MS patients on B-cell depleting therapies are still protected against COVID-19 risk due to greater anti-viral T-cell activity, a study found.

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Researchers discovered that COVID-19 and chronic hepatitis B share key genetic pathways related to the immune system. This ...

The Epstein-Barr virus — a well-established risk factor for MS — is able to alter the movements of immune cells, a new study ...

Many people are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and most are unaware of it. However, EBV can sometimes cause ...

To fight off viral and bacterial invaders, immune cells known as lymphocytes generate antibodies that specifically recognize and bind to these invaders, neutralizing them directly or marking them for ...

Our bodies response to invading pathogens through different mechanisms of the immune system. Innate immunity first detects ... The adaptive immune response is primarily made of two cell types ...

For germs that evade the body's innate immune defenses, the second line of attack consists of adaptive immune cells, such as B cells and T ... of a youthful immune system - and a key to longevity.

B cells are a type of white blood cell that ... This leaves you with fewer immune cells to guard against germs. Your immune system will build back up in the months after you finish treatment.