Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic it may have been primarily researchers in labs and clinicians in intensive care units who were aware of a dangerous form of infection-triggered runaway inflammation ...

The immune system may be more versatile than scientists once thought, according to a new study by Brown researchers. Scientists usually separate the immune system into two branches. Innate immunity ...

CINCINNATI—Until the COVID-19 pandemic exploded, few people outside of research labs and intensive care units had heard of a cytokine storm. But once this dangerous form of infection-triggered runaway ...

Innate lymphoid cells, which curiously behave like T cells even though they don’t recognize specific antigens, show promise as a potential cancer therapeutic. In the years that followed, other groups ...

The immune system helps fight off disease and allows our bodies to maintain a state of healthy function, known as homeostasis. In this regard, the immune system is made of two distinct responses that ...

For decades, dogma dictated that the immune system consisted of two separate branches. Cells of the innate system respond rapidly to molecular patterns shared by a broad array of pathogens. Meanwhile, ...

Cytokines are well-known players in the immune response, helping to control inflammation and coordinate the responses of other immune cells. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that some ...

Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, according to a small study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and ...

Researchers have developed a novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory from the active ingredient in a medicinal plant used throughout Southeast Asia. The novel compound doesn’t suppress the innate immune ...