Older Adults Respond Well to Immunotherapy Despite Age-Related Immune System Differences Apr. 21, 2025 — Older adults with cancer respond just as well as younger patients to immune checkpoint ...

The immune system plays a key role in protecting our bodies from infections and diseases. When it is weakened, the body’s ability to fight pathogens decreases, making us more susceptible to a range of ...

Our body's own defense system not only clears away bacteria and viruses, it can also fight cancer. However, not all tumor cells are easily recognizable by the immune system. In addition ...

Scientists have long known that this isn’t just about feeling weak—it also involves how the brain is affected by signals from the immune system. A new set of studies from researchers at MIT ...

Dr. Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, the study’s lead author, added that understanding how the brain controls the immune system gives scientists a new way to explore how fasting can benefit health.

It's well-known that a person's immune system wears down over time, becoming less effective as folks progress through middle age and become seniors. But that doesn't appear to hinder the ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the immune system and drives severe disease in livestock. Researchers from ...

Given these findings, the authors considered the cytokine rise in the blood they observed in response to stress, as well as reports 7, 8 linking the immune system to chronic stress. This led them ...

New hope: MHH researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen. Our body's own defence system not only clears ...