Dr Craige Golding discusses the concept of immune aging, immunosenescence and inflammaging and why it matters.

A 3-hour WHO Hantavirus emergency Zoom call was held this morning, providing outbreak analysis. It seemed that for every ...

The complement system in teleost fish constitutes a cornerstone of innate defence, integrating classical, lectin and alternative activation routes to eliminate pathogens and shape inflammatory ...

Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system. Evolutionary arms races — where one species is pitted ...

We sometimes hear about the benefits of “boosting” our immune system, but what we really want to do is support our immune system on an ongoing basis. People often think of the immune system as ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on exquisitely timed molecular signals. Now researchers have captured one of the ...

A new review has illuminated a critical but often overlooked dimension of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD ...

You contain multitudes. Within you there are billions of defenders, ready to protect your health from threats arising both outside and inside your body. This is your immune system, and it consists of ...

The immune system function declines with age, but a team of MIT researchers may have found a way to rejuvenate it. When older mice were injected with mRNA that coded for the creation of ...

Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult. By Gina Kolata Is there a way to use the body’s ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only beginning to understand. Repeated concussions can increase the risk of mood ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Taylor Soper on Jan 6, 2026 at 8:51 ...