Sneaky parasite evades the human immune system by stripping cells and wearing them as a disguise Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have ...

A new study shows human immune systems differ across populations, raising new questions for medicine and global drug research ...

Learn how a naturally occurring cat coronavirus is helping reveal how viral infections can linger inside the immune system.

How does the same infection, say the flu or a cold, give some people mild symptoms and leave others suffering? Why do people develop autoimmune diseases? And will we ever be able to predict when—and ...

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

When patients catch the flu even after getting a flu shot, many physicians identify strain differences as the culprit. However, flu science is increasingly identifying another cause for failed flu ...

In the race to develop a safe, effective treatment for COVID-19, biotech companies like Regeneron and Vir Biotechnology, led by Cornell alumni, have turned to antibodies — which are naturally created ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

The project, titled Liver Immunocompetent Volumetric Engineering (LIVE), aims to address the shortage of donor organs by ...

Researchers explore the human immune system by looking at the active components, namely the various genes and cells involved. But there is a broad range of these, and observations necessarily produce ...

Few living things seem to have less in common than plants and animals, but that assumption is being increasingly challenged.