An article published by Technion - Israel Institute of Technology researchers in the prestigious journal Nature presents new insights about the evolution of the immune system. The team’s findings ...

The lamprey immune system represents an atypical model of adaptive immunity that diverges fundamentally from the well‐characterised immunoglobulin‐based system of jawed vertebrates. Instead, lampreys ...

Animals and humans coexist with a vast array of microorganisms known as the microbiome, forming an intricate relationship that can range from mutually beneficial to pathogenic. To safeguard against ...

In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, scientists show that the SAMD9 and SAMD9L genes, key players in antiviral immunity in humans and involved in rare genetic diseases, share very ...

A class of ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles is showing an unexpected ability to rally the immune system ...

A new study has shown that person-to-person variation in antibody immunity plays a key role in shaping which influenza (flu) strains dominate in a population. The work, published today as a Reviewed ...

As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called ...

Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a highly prevalent sensory disorder globally, affecting over 1.5 billion people, with a ...