A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, ...

Experiments in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed that the immune cell class in question, called nerve and ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare immune cell type in the lungs, called NAMs, plays a crucial role in surviving COVID-19 ...

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On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

But that persistent ear itch might actually be telling you something important about your immune system’s overall balance. Your ears are surprisingly complex immunological environments.

Immunotherapy is the use of medicines that help a person’s own immune system find and destroy cancer cells. It can be used to treat some people with liver cancer. An important part of the immune ...

In the realm of human anatomy, the central nervous system stands out as an intricate labyrinth of deep pathways, giving rise to networks of neurovasculature—nowhere more notably than along the base of ...

The findings suggest that the body's own immune system may be undermining the treatment with gene therapy such as Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) aimed at reintroducing the missing protein ...

These treatments would work indirectly by altering immune chemicals to calm the immune system rather than by acting directly on the brain like traditional psychiatric drugs do. Those drugs must cross ...