Influenza continues to cause major illness each year in the United States, leading to more than 35,000 deaths annually.

When the immune system encounters a virus, it produces antibodies designed to recognize and eliminate the invader. But in ...

People who reach the age of 110 and beyond may owe part of their extraordinary longevity to an immune system that keeps ...

People who live to 110 years and older have large populations of a rare type of immune cell that can kill cancer 1, finds a ...

People who reach 110 and beyond appear to have unusually large numbers of rare immune cells capable of killing abnormal cells ...

New research identifies long-lived lung immune cells that support protective T-cell memory, suggesting galectin-1 could enhance flu vaccines.

Rare cancer-killing T cells expand markedly in some exceptionally old adults, suggesting the immune system may continue ...

Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

Researchers have found a way to supercharge natural killer cells, powerful immune cells that can attack cancer, so they can ...

Aging may trigger a previously underrecognized change in the brain’s immune system, with protective cells in the hippocampus ...

Rare T cells become more common after age 100, suggesting that the immune system may continue adapting even in extreme old ...