Discover how inflammation peptides are revolutionising our understanding of immune regulation, offering new avenues for ...

Drugs called corticosteroids are often the first treatment for an autoimmune disease. “They work quickly, and they’re ...

The team of researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo has discovered that basophils, immune cells that are present in ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Acute (short-term) inflammation occurs when your immune system sends inflammatory cells ...

Sometimes, cancer cells that have spread become ‘dormant’ but can start proliferating again later. A cue that can reactivate ...

With multiple sclerosis, inflammation settles in the central nervous system after immune cells attack the coating on nerves; lupus can cause inflammation in the heart, brain, kidney, and other organs.

Women are more likely to develop autoimmune diseases than men, and problems with the immune system can play a role in cancer. Persistent inflammation can cause repeated damage to tissues, leading to ...

An inhaled vaccine using a sugar-based carrier activated lung immune cells and prevented tumor growth in mice, offering a ...

View gallery - 3 images A new drug for severe influenza successfully keeps patients at the perfect level of lung inflammation to protect against lung damage, while still allowing the immune system ...