"I just can't make it tonight. You have fun without me." Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social ...

Research on mice by scientists at the University of Manchester has shed new light on why the guts' immune system changes ...

There are trillions of microorganisms living in our gastrointestinal tract. So why doesn't the immune system launch a massive response against all of those foreign microbes? Scientists have now ...

Throughout evolution, pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, have developed sophisticated defense ...

MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection. "I just can't make it tonight. You ...

Immunology has undergone a revolution thanks to vaccinations. Systems immunology integrates various experimental and computational approaches to comprehend the intricate interactions between the ...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the protective myelin sheath of nerve fibers ...

For more than a century, we’ve treated the brain like a bustling high-rise office. The neurons act as the high-powered ...

Scientists have revealed a crucial mechanism used by the immune system to shield the gut during an infection. This work, which used a mouse model of intestinal worm infections, showed that the immune ...

You might know your immune system as the built-in, around-the-clock surveillance system primed to keep nasty germs out and swiftly kick to the curb any that do manage to sneak in. It’s a system primed ...