Researchers have identified a pathway that triggers an immune response in cells with defective DNA repair. In particular, the ...

As part of the body's first line of defense against foreign invaders, macrophages play an integral role in the innate immune ...

Our immune system is much older than we think. Long before dinosaurs existed, early life forms had developed a powerful ...

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune ...

Plants use a complex self-regulating system to control immunity, with a newly discovered protein helping balance disease ...

A study led by researchers at the University of Liège reveals the mechanism by which surfactin, a molecule produced by ...

Salicylic acid, the active molecule in aspirin and some acne medications, is a hormone in plants that is essential for ...