Scientists are getting a better handle on the complexities of how immunity works. Attentive readers might have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to recover from a bout ...

Experts say immune health isn’t about never getting sick. Instead, researchers increasingly focus on “immune resilience,” the body’s ability to respond to infections effectively and return to balance ...

David Ewing Duncan has spent the last 25 years being poked and prodded in the name of science. He’s signed up for hundreds of tests because, as... How mapping the entire immune system could ...

Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have developed the first bandage-like microneedle patch that can sample the body’s immune responses painlessly from the skin, detecting inflammatory signals ...

Current methods for cancer diagnosis are based on identifying biomarkers—molecules that reveal a particular state or process in the body—produced by the tumor or associated proteins. Not surprisingly, ...

Your immune system is like an incredibly sophisticated security team, constantly patrolling your body for threats and neutralizing them before they can cause harm. When it’s working properly, this ...

Sepsis remains a major challenge in modern medicine, claiming millions of lives each year. For decades, clinical management has largely focused on suppressing excessive inflammation. Yet many patients ...

New York, NY (October 30, 2025) - A small, early clinical trial led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators has shown that directly injecting an immune-activating compound ...

Food allergies are serious and, for some, potentially deadly. And yet, despite decades of research into allergies and what causes them, very little is known about why the vast majority of people are ...

Learn more about the Human Immunome Project. Read David's full article about his experience with the Immune Health Metric. The piece is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a ...