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Researchers have made a discovery linking lupus, a potentially debilitating autoimmune disorder, and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness.

According to new research, gum disease may have been caused by different bacteria in Japan’s Edo era, although it may have been just as common as it is today.

Researchers have identified crucial ways that immune system cells congregate and communicate with each other to identify and eradicate tumor cells.

Researchers show that SARS-CoV-2 has a viral sensor that responds to external seasonal patterns of environment and physiology.

An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA – the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines – shows promise in mice and non-human primates, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Researchers have now shown that many commonly used drugs have powerful effects on gut microbes.

High levels of ingested microplastics in the human body have the potential to have harmful effects, a new study reveals.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca’s Evusheld (tixagevimab co-packaged with cilgavimab and administered together) to COVID-19 in certain adults and pediatric individuals.

Immune cells could be doing much more than we think in protecting our eyes, previously thought to be immune privileged – researchers uncover new details.

A new pre-print study shared by Professor Alex Sigal’s laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute is the first scientific data to be published on Omicron. Let's break down the findings.