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Our immune system is tasked with guarding our body against foreign invaders such as bacteria or viruses. Less commonly known is that immune...

Scientists have found a relationship between being lonely and the performance of the immune system. It was already known that factors such...

Taste receptors on our tongue are very handy, because they sample our food and process that information, after which it is sent to the brai...

There is a great need for more organ donors, because there are not enough replacements, such as heart, kidney or lung, to provide all patie...

Many different bacteria and viruses try to infect our bodies on a daily basis. Some are more deadly than others, and for various microbes w...

We have a peculiar relationship with bacteria. Some are out there to kill us, but some of them do not harm us at all, and are in fact quite...

Analysis has revealed that a slight error in the immune system significantly increases the chance to die from a wide variety of diseases. ...

The immune system is our first line of defence when it comes to infections by bacteria, viruses or other unwanted intruders. Not only does ...

Diseases of the brain are often hard to treat, because the tissue is easily damaged, and it is hard for drugs to cross the barriers that pr...

HIV is a particularly dangerous virus because it chooses to infect cells that are part of the immune system. Because of that, our defensive...

Painkillers are arguably one of the best man-made inventions: even if a patient cannot be treated for his or her disease, it is still possi...

The influenza virus comes in many forms, and is constantly changing. As a consequence, the world experiences new outbreaks of the flu each ...

When a patient's immune system attacks its own tissues or cells, he or she suffers from an autoimmune disease. Normally, the immune sys...

Scientists are getting closer to developing a vaccine that protects against HIV infection. Despite years of research, full protection again...

Allergies are caused by an immune system that is overreacting to something that does not pose a real threat. A common form is being allergi...

People suffering from diabetes type 1 have a faulty immune system that attacks the cells responsible for the production of insulin. This ho...

Scientists have found a way to make the immune system more effective against malicious cells that need to be cleared away from the body. A...

In addition to the well-known A, B and O types, there are many other factors influencing blood compatibility. Two factors called Junior and...

Many people suffer from an allergy, which is described as a hypersensitive response of the immune system towards environmental factors that...

One particular protein appears to be effective in preventing HIV to enter a cell. Scientists from New York University studied it, and foun...