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In a new study published in Nature Immunology, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital demonstrated that pairing the ...

Our immune system is much older than we think. Long before dinosaurs existed, early life forms had developed a powerful defense system. Innate immunity has existed since the Cambrian period—that is, ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system using a clever molecular trick. Researchers found that the cancer-driving protein MYC also suppresses immune alarm signals, allowing tumors to grow ...

As part of the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in the innate immune system. However, the ability of macrophages to interpret and respond to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are tweaking a powerful cancer therapy in hopes it could fight HIV instead, by supercharging patients’ own immune cells. On Tuesday, researchers said a single dose of ...

We now know that the NASCAR legend suffered from severe pneumonia. A doctor with UNC-Chapel Hill explains how the illness ...