MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection.

Beneath the surface of your gut lies a vast network of neurons—as many as in your spinal cord. New research from the ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have created the most comprehensive map to date ...

The unleashed immune system can destroy cancer very effectively, but it also can attack healthy organs, with many people ...

David Ewing Duncan has spent the last 25 years being poked and prodded in the name of science. He’s signed up for hundreds of ...

Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, where they play critical roles in our health and biology; they can help us break down food, absorb nutrients; and they affect the immune ...

The immune system is highly trained to detect and eliminate any potential threat to the human body. While years of evolution have turned this system into a pathogen-killing machine, the microbes it ...

Researchers from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered how a ...

The immune systems of men and women are known to display key differences. Men are, broadly speaking, more vulnerable to viral infections such as COVID and influenza. Women mount a stronger response to ...

The body’s defenses may be mildly lowered for about 1 to 4 weeks after a single steroid shot into a joint or near your spine. In some people, particularly with higher doses, this effect may last up to ...