As people grow older, their immune systems do not simply slow down, they often become locked into a simmering, ...

The gastrointestinal tract is continuously exposed to foreign antigens in food and commensal microbes that have the potential to induce adaptive immune responses for food allergies. Upon genetic ...

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 8% of children and 11% of adults are affected by food ...

The immune system must be able to quickly attack invaders like viruses, while also ignoring harmless stimuli, or allergies can result. Immune cells are known to ignore or “tolerate” molecules found on ...

According to the National Center for Health and Statistics, under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

A new international study led by Prof. Carmit Levy of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the Gray Faculty ...

In most solid tumors, high numbers of regulatory T (Treg) cells are associated with poorer outcomes because they dampen the immune system's ability to fight against a tumor.

In a person living with HIV, proviruses—strands of HIV DNA—are typically integrated into the T cell genome and become a permanent part of the cell's genetic makeup. This integration enables the ...