As the immune system ages, it reacts more slowly to pathogens, vaccines become less effective, and the risk of cancer ...

As winter looms on the horizon, so do viruses and bacteria prepared to usher in annual colds and flu. The immune system is the first line of defense against these types of viral infections and ...

Stem-cell researcher Carolina Florian didn’t trust what she was seeing. Her elderly laboratory mice were starting to look younger. They were more sprightly and their coats were sleeker. Yet all she ...

In another interesting study, researchers explored whether physical activity can train, strengthen, and protect your immune ...

Once thought to be a flaw in the system, new research suggests that CD4 T cells may actually hold the key to maintaining a ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

A peek inside some leading research labs shows how scientists-turned-detectives are painstakingly decoding what causes ...

New research comparing four different flu vaccines found that the ability of the vaccines to activate cells of the immune system that help to protect against infection varied greatly depending on the ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Researchers have long known that, in general, women are more susceptible to ...

Scientists have discovered why type 1 diabetes is more severe and aggressive when it develops in young children. Type 1 is ...