Recent investigations into the interplay between exercise and the immune system have yielded compelling evidence that both the type and intensity of physical activity evoke distinct immunological ...

A new study highlights the role of natural killer T cells in influencing the immune response to dengue virus, potentially reducing the severity of subsequent infections. As the dengue virus continues ...

In a new experiment, scientists used virtual reality to show that the brain can sense virtual infection to trigger the body’s immune system, before the first microbe ever makes contact. Study: Neural ...

Scientists generally agree that eukaryotes, the domain of life whose cells contain nuclei and that includes almost all multicellular organisms, originated from a process involving the symbiotic union ...

Caption: Human neutrophils visualized under a confocal microscope with cell membranes stained red and nuclei blue. When faced with an infection during food shortages, stress hormones trigger an immune ...