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Immune System Category
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The immune system category provides information and healthy living tips that strengthen the body’s defense mechanisms. You can find detailed information about natural methods to support your immunity, proper nutrition recommendations and lifestyle changes.
How mRNA Vaccines Work to Train Human Cells Against Infection
mRNA vaccines deliver temporary genetic instructions that direct host cells to produce viral antigens, training the immune system without using live viruses.
What is Cortisol? How the Main Stress Hormone Functions
Cortisol is a vital glucocorticoid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that regulates blood sugar, dampens excessive inflammation, and manages systemic adaptation to stress.
Moderna Cancer Vaccine with Keytruda Cuts Melanoma Recurrence
Detailed results from a randomized Phase 3 trial show that Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran, combined with Keytruda reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 42% in melanoma patients.
Ancient Survival Genes Trigger Modern Autoimmune Diseases
Ancient gene variants that once shielded Bronze Age pastoralists and plague survivors from lethal infections now drive autoimmune diseases in cleaner modern environments.
COVID-19 Variants Circulate as Existing Immunity Limits Harm
New COVID-19 variants like XFG and NB.1.8.1 evade circulating antibodies, but researchers emphasize that baseline population immunity continues to prevent severe illness.
Cancer Vaccines Enter Massive Clinical Push at NIH
The National Institutes of Health and private researchers are preparing a clinical push to accelerate cancer vaccines that train the immune system against tumors.
Helminth Proteins Inspire New Therapies for Immune Diseases
Researchers investigate how molecules secreted by parasitic worms could inspire new therapies for autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory disorders.
Why Zombie Cells Accumulate and Linger in Old Organs
Researchers found that declining chaperone-mediated autophagy allows senescent zombie cells to evade immune clearance by macrophages as bodies grow older.
WHO Study Links One in Eight Cases to Cancer Causing Infections
A global assessment in The Lancet Oncology reveals that cancer causing infections accounted for 2.3 million cases in 2024, with five pathogens driving most preventable diagnoses.
Cells at Work Dental Spinoff Manga Announced by Kodansha
Kodansha announced that Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work manga is expanding with a dental spinoff titled Hataraku Saibō Dental, debuting in Shonen Sirius on October 26.