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The immune system is complex with many moving parts. Research shows that consistent lifestyle habits, like adequate sleep, ...

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A new study led by University of Toronto researchers has shown that immune cells in the gut follow an atypical pathway to ...

A class of drug currently being used to treat leukemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a new study. The drugs, called p110´ ...

Scientists have found a way to use specially programmed chemicals to elicit an immediate immune response in laboratory animals against two types of cancer. The experiments, thus far performed only in ...

New research comparing four different flu vaccines found that the ability of the vaccines to activate cells of the immune system that help to protect against infection varied greatly depending on the ...