Understanding how the immune system ages is hugely important. Over the years, the composition of immune cells shifts and their protective functions weaken. That reduces resistance to disease. Until recently,…

Researchers at Harvard University found that when severe stress kills hair follicles, the body’s immune system becomes primed to attack more follicles during later similar events. Scientists have long known…

An international team led by immunologist Sara Trabanelli at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland ran a series of experiments using virtual reality headsets. The experiments, which involved 248 healthy…

Kuwaiti researchers at the Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) have discovered that just one night of complete sleeplessness or poor sleep can devastate the immune system and worsen inflammatory processes in…

A new study by immunologists and allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School found specific immune-system features that may decide whether a mosquito bite itches. What Did the…