A team at Scripps Research has created a microchip that can rapidly reveal how a person's antibodies respond to viruses using only a drop of blood. This game-changing technology, called mEM, condenses ...

Snot plays a powerful role in protecting us from disease – and its colour alone can provide insights into what's going on in ...

I saw my dentist for pain in an upper molar, but the X-ray was normal. My nose was also plugged up, and she said it might be my sinuses. I started doing a saline rinse, and after a few days the pain ...

For most of us, milk is a comfort beverage. A morning ritual. A key ingredient in tea, coffee, desserts, or that perfect bowl ...

Regular mucus tends to be thin and slippery, and it is generally a constant presence on a day-to-day basis. Meanwhile, phlegm ...

In particular, innate immune cells play a pivotal role in modulating the immune response at the interface of viral infections and asthma. In this review, we summarize the key innate immune cells and ...

Discover how high fructose levels can trigger immune overreaction, leading to inflammation and potential food sensitivities.

Exposure to wildfire smoke can affect the human immune system, according to a new study that adds to mounting evidence of the potential health risks posed by increasingly larger and prolonged blazes.

Exposure to fire smoke—which can be composed of particulate matter, gases, materials from buildings such as perfluoroalkyl ...

Cornell researchers have discovered that immune tolerance to gut microbes depends on a bacterial-sensing protein called STING, previously known mainly for triggering inflammation, according to the ...

The study is the first to examine the specific cellular changes associated with fire smoke exposure, documenting how smoke can damage the body through the immune system.

In this review, we provide a summary and delve into the innate immune system between respiratory viruses infection and asthma from the perspective of different immune cells and cytokines.