During the lockdown, inflammation levels in the body were low, but afterwards, the immune system reacted more intensely to viruses and bacteria. The results are published in Frontiers in Immunology.

Without our immune system, we wouldn't last very long: this complex network of organs and cells fights off pathogens and ...

In a new study, researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have discovered a new way that bacteria can kill its ...

Vaccines today contain far fewer stimulants to the immune system than they did decades ago. Read more at straitstimes.com.

People with immune system health problems continue to take precautions against COVID-19 five years into the pandemic ...

Millions of people owe their lives to a treatment we’ve never completely understood; changing that could save even more.

Semliki Forest virus was originally isolated from mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda, hence the name. Upon systemic infection from mosquito bites, Semliki Forest virus causes mild blood viremia ...

An uptick of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases in China has raised concerns over another pandemic, which appear to be ...

Perforin forms transmembrane pores in the plasma membrane, allowing granzymes to enter the target cell cytosol and trigger ...

Researchers have identified the gateway for neuro-invasion in Semliki Forest virus infection, potentially enabling it to be used as an oncolytic virotherapy for brain cancer.

The virus seemed to be helping kill cancer. Malignant tumors in cancer ... “Was it because the immune system was so triggered by Covid-19 that it also started to kill cancer cells?