The idea sounds almost poetic. The body, designed to protect itself, turns its own defence system against cancer. For decades, this felt like a far-fetched goal. Today, it is part of real treatment ...

A BMJ study of 624,713 Swedish births linked HPV vaccination before pregnancy to 15% lower odds of very preterm birth. What families should know. Ozempic and Zepbound Makers Report Slower Aging Clocks ...

We often judge our immune systems based on how many colds we catch in a year, but experts say that’s an oversimplification of what is a highly complex network of cells, tissues and organs that works ...

The immune system consists of 1.8 trillion cells distributed across every tissue of the human body. And yet, size alone cannot capture how complex the system really is. “The immune system interfaces ...

We sometimes hear about the benefits of “boosting” our immune system, but what we really want to do is support our immune system on an ongoing basis. People often think of the immune system as ...

A new PLOS Genetics study shows that specific immune markers, particularly interleukin-6 rather than C-reactive protein, ...