Integrative' oncology is the term used to describe the use of complementary and alternative medicine with conventional cancer treatment.

Most of us live for the weekend and the sense of freedom that comes along with it. These two precious days promise relaxation ...

The immune system is designed to protect us against viruses and bacteria. In autoimmune diseases, however, the immune system ...

Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

Fourteen months after treatment with engineered immune cells, the recipient has no symptoms and doesn’t need to take ...

Like most bacteria, Vibrio cholerae lives under constant attack from viruses. To survive, bacteria equip themselves with ...

A key feature of this process is natural competence, the ability of bacteria to take up free DNA from their surroundings. V. cholerae becomes naturally competent when it grows on chitinous surfaces, a ...

A new flu treatment could drastically reduce one of flu's deadliest complications—bacterial pneumonia—by helping the lungs ...

An army of flu-fighting immune cells lives on in the nose long after infection.

The intestinal immune system plays a pivotal role in maintaining mucosal homeostasis, acting as the interface between environmental stimuli, host epithelial ...

Carina Venter, PhD, RD, received the Allied Health Professionals Recognition Award at this year’s American Academy of Allergy ...

The field of infectious disease immunology has increasingly focused on the dynamic interplay between host immune responses and sexually transmitted ...