The immune system regulates disease response throughout our bodies. Interestingly, two separate responses act as barriers to prevent the spread of infections. When first introduced to a disease, the ...

Melioidosis is a little-known tropical disease now seen as an emerging global public health threat. The disease is caused by ...

Researchers are striving to understand the impact a phenomenon known as original antigenic sin has on immunity to the virus.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered a mechanism that drives the long-term decline in immune response that is observed after tuberculosis (TB) has ...

A new study highlights the role of natural killer T cells in influencing the immune response to dengue virus, potentially reducing the severity of subsequent infections. As the dengue virus continues ...

Mathematical modelling of immune responses to influenza virus infections represents a vital interdisciplinary approach that bridges theoretical constructs with empirical observations. These models ...

The plasticity of macrophages depends on the spatial distribution, surrounding cell types, external microenvironment and extrinsic stimuli. This represents not only their capability to rapidly adapt, ...

Sepsis can be described as a very dangerous medical condition triggered by an immune system response. In most cases of ...

Virtual memory T cells (T VM), activated by IL-4 during a parasitic infection in the intestine, expressing the CD22 receptor, which enables them to regulate this activation. Researchers at the ...

Getting sick once in a while happens to everyone. But when you’re constantly battling another cold, dealing with recurring sinus infections, or fighting that urinary tract infection for the third time ...

Stress and broken sleep do not just leave people groggy, they quietly chip away at the very immune cells that keep infections ...

Chris Hall receives funding from the Marsden Fund. University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of Auckland provides funding as a member ...