Innovative research led by a University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine professor whose lab focuses on mechanisms that maintain ...

Effective functioning of the immune system relies upon systems of checks and balances; too little activity results in overwhelming infection, too much activity results in excessive damage to the host.

What if bacteria held the keys to a part of our own immunity? For several years, some scientists have been exploring unexpected links between human proteins involved in the body's defense and certain ...

A previously unknown immune regulatory network that equips the intestine to fend off harmful bacteria has been uncovered by researchers at the BRIC–National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. The ...

Exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A) that causes mild or no symptoms can trigger the body's immune response and naturally build protection, potentially solving a nearly 100-year-old mystery of ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could lead to new strategies for fighting one of the world ...

A study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that the increased risk of preterm birth associated with urinary ...

Severe bacterial infections remain a major global health challenge because antibiotics alone often fail when the host immune system becomes dysfunctional.

Scientists have found how phages, viruses that infect bacteria, orchestrate an explosion of protein modifications inside host ...

As antimicrobial resistance grows around the world, novel therapies to counter it become increasingly important.

A naturally occurring gut molecule that could strengthen chickens' immune response against a wide range of bacterial infections, has been identified by University of Bristol-led research. This new ...