Sepsis remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients, posing a major challenge to modern ...
The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...
Explore how Nobel laureates Ilya Mechnikov and Paul Ehrlich revolutionized immunology, shaping modern medicine and public ...
Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...
In an article published in Mucosal Immunology, scientists show that IgA antibodies present in mucous membranes play a key ...
The immune-boosting power of a fever is surprisingly ancient. Cold-blooded creatures like fish typically move to warmer environments to help fight infections. In one fish species, Nile tilapia, that ...