"Classically, what distinguishes the innate immune response from the adaptive immune response is ... The observation helps explain why patients with sepsis can be vulnerable to secondary infection. It ...

A new study published in JCI Insight suggests that interleukin-7 (IL-7), a key immune-boosting cytokine, may help critically ill COVID-19 patients by reducing life-threatening secondary infections.

The study, published in The EMBO Journal, provides a multi-use biomedical tool to visualize the innate immune response to aberrant ... neighboring immune cells by secondary messengers, including ...

Share on Pinterest Research in mice shows how aspirin may boost the immune response against cancer, keeping secondary tumors at bay. Image credit: AsiaVision/Getty Images. Around half of all ...

Dengue viral infections can result in a range of symptoms. Some people show no symptoms or just have mild signs of the disease, but others develop severe complications. How does the body respond ...

The first patient with locally advanced rectal cancer has been enrolled in the FORTRESS study which is evaluating the ...

Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

Scientists studying how cancers spread have found that aspirin may help prevent metastases, or secondary tumors, by boosting the body’s immune response. In their mouse study, aspirin helped ...