Immune System

Current experimental treatments for COVID-19 focus on two targets: the virus or the immune system.  On the immune system side, the number of experimental treatments ...

While the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, there are vaccines developed so far that prevent severe COVID-19. However, they approach their goal ...

Memories help people avoid making the same mistake twice. Cellular memory, in the form of immune cells, does a similar service. B cells and T ...

On Thursday, Nov. 19, Mayo Clinic began offering an experimental therapy to patients who test positive for COVID-19 and are at high risk for serious ...

Clinical trial data for COVID-19 vaccine candidates were released this week. Currently named BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, these genetic vaccine use our cell’s ability to read ...

Aging is typically linked with the point in time when it causes problems. But there are many types of aging. There’s chronological age, which we ...

COVID-19 can affect people in a number of ways. Some can be infected and have no symptoms ― what's known as being asymptomatic. Others have ...

Vaccine stories are all around as the world waits for news on the many COVID-19 vaccines working their way through testing. Robert Jacobson, M.D., a ...

Once thought to be a type of multiple sclerosis, the condition neuromyelitis optica is a rare autoimmune disorder. The body’s immune system, via auto-antibodies, targets ...

Cocaine is like a roller coaster in powder form. First, there is the intense rush of euphoria, excitement, and invincibility. Then, almost as quickly, there is the ...