13-10-19 A fungus that is killing frogs and other amphibians around the world releases a toxic factor that disables the amphibian immune response, Vanderbilt University investigators report Oct. 18 in the journal Science. The findings represent a step forwar...

13-10-17 Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a new mechanism by which the deadly Staphylococcus aureus bacteria attack and kill off immune cells. Their findings, published today in the journal Cell Host Microbe, explain a critical survi...

13-09-17 From bird flu to the West Nile virus, bird diseases can have a vast impact on humans. Thus, understanding bird immune systems can help people in a variety of ways, including protecting ourselves from disease and protecting our interests in birds as...

13-08-20 A way of firing up the body's immune system in order to attack cancer has been discovered by US researchers. 美国研究人员发现了一种激发身体免疫系统来对付癌症的方法。 The immune system is delicately balanced so it attacks invaders but not the body's...

13-08-09 An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system response, and to offer protection against malaria infection in healthy adults, according to the results of an early-stage clinical trial published Aug. 8 in t...

13-06-08 How do immune cells manage to sort through vast numbers of similar-looking proteins within the body to detect foreign invaders and fight infections? For immune cells, singling out foreign proteins is like looking for a needle in a haystack（干草堆）...

13-05-23 Malaria-carrying mosquitoes appear to be manipulated by the parasites they carry, but this manipulation may simply be part of the mosquitoes' immune response, according to Penn State entomologists. Normally, after a female mosquito ingests a blood m...

13-03-24 Worrying too much about stressful events can trigger inflammation, according to a new study. 一项新研究指出，为一些让人倍感压力的事情过度烦恼可能会引发炎症。 Researchers found dwelling on（详述，细想） negative events can increase levels of inflamma...

13-03-19 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found that macrophages（巨噬细胞） -- white blood cells that play a key role in the immune response -- also help to both pr...

13-01-25 一项最新研究显示，孤单寂寞的人不但精神状态不佳，其免疫系统也会因此受到破坏。该研究发现，社交活动贫乏的寂寞人群体内的潜藏细菌再生率要高于社交广泛的人群；他们体内产生的炎性化合物也要高于后者，炎性化合物是指向心脏病和其他慢性疾病的指标之一。 Feeling lo...