A new article in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology examines how the immune system and reproduction interact in female ...

Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found.

In one fish species, Nile tilapia, that behavioral — or sought-out — fever triggers the adaptive immune system, known for its acquired memory of specific bodily invaders, researchers report in ...

As essential components of an effective adaptive immune system, the thymus develops responsive T-cells from immature progenitors. Image Credit: Magic mine/Shutterstock.com ...

Smoking shapes your adaptive immune system into something more overreactive and pro-inflammatory even long after you quit. by Miriam Fauzia Feb. 15, 2024 LAW Ho Ming/Moment/Getty Images ...

Relapsing multiple sclerosis is primarily a disorder of the adaptive immune system (B and T lymphocytes) that is orchestrated by circulating B lymphocytes that traffic into the central nervous system.