At WIRED Health, immunologist Daniel Davis detailed the ways in which new technologies are enabling a better understanding of ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...

Diabetes is often described as a metabolic disease. Yet, over the past decade, it has become clear that the immune system is deeply involved at every stage ...

Immunotherapies are undoubtedly transforming the landscape of cancer treatment worldwide. By harnessing the body's immune system to fight disease, they can achieve outcomes in advanced cancers that ...

Cancer cells can disarm the immune system not just by hiding from it, but by actively reprogramming nearby immune cells into a suppressed state. This previously unrecognized molecular interaction, ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...