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Researchers have developed a nanoparticle that delivers mRNA to specific cells in the liver to teach the body’s natural defenses to tolerate peanut proteins.

Following traumatic brain injury in mice, the brain’s immune system cells’ internal recycling function slowed dramatically, allowing waste products to build up and interfere with recovery from injury.

"Chatter" between bacteria in a biofilm helps colonies to scavenge food and defend against threats like antibiotics. New research has shown that these signals are affected by the structure of the surface the bacteria are on.

Researchers have discovered that a chemically modified version of a small RNA could be used as a potential therapeutic to prevent colorectal cancer in the future.

A type of white blood cell usually associated with immune responses to foreign particles may have another role in clearing out liver cells that have undergone apoptosis – where cells are programmed to die in a controlled manner.

Researchers have revealed for the first time how a mechanism that controls root development in plants enables them to cope better with environmental stress conditions.

Have you ever been so hungry that you become angry, otherwise known as “hangry?” Research has shown that some bacteria cells get hangry, too, by releasing harmful toxins into our bodies when deprived of certain nutrients.

Researchers have engineered a strain of the probiotic Escherichia coli to secrete therapeutic proteins and limit the development of colitis in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease.

A three-year study has shown that viral attacks on the photosynthetic algae that give corals their color increase during marine heat waves.

Centenarians, a rare population of individuals who reach 100 years or more, experience delays in aging-related diseases and mortality which suggests their immune systems remain functional into extreme old age.