Every year roughly 1,000 Canadians are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). Some 4,000 Canadians are currently living with the disease. There are few ...

Researchers have discovered a type of "molecular glue" that can be used to inhibit certain pathological protein interactions.

Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program provides funding for undergraduates to work full time on research projects during the summer. Many students ...

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of ‘sickness behavior' could open new avenues for treating anxiety and depression.

After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some people experience prolonged mood swings, emotional dysregu ...

Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system down and may prevent obesity and diabetes from developing.

Your immune system protects you, but sometimes it overreacts. Learn how to recognize the signs and regain balance.

Why are older people more susceptible to infections than younger people? Why do vaccinations sometimes have less of an effect ...

By integrating immunological insights with multi-omics data, personalized medicine is becoming a potent approach, facilitating targeted interventions to optimize vaccine and therapeutic efficacy for ...

Singapore researchers are using Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold to understand the intricate protein interactions at play in ...

A panelist discusses how type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by progressive beta cell destruction that advances through distinct stages, with genetic predisposition, ...

Scientists have developed some wheat strains resistant to the disease, but pathogens that affect plants can mutate and evolve. As in humans, plants use their immune systems to resist ... they trigger ...