An example of this is lactose intolerance. An allergic reaction is a clinical syndrome that is an immune system response to an allergen. The term hypersensitivity is a term that describes the ...

An allergic reaction is your immune system going on the defensive and overreacting to a foreign substance — usually a harmless one. Not common at all. Being allergic to hormonal birth control of ...

More than 33 million people in the U.S. have a serious and potentially life-threatening food allergy, according to Food ...

Brrr! As temperatures drop, you might think all you need to worry about is bundling up, but did you know you could actually ...

Experts with Cleveland Clinic say a person can develop cold-induced urticaria at any age. It’s a skin reaction to cold that appears within minutes after being exposed. When it comes to cold weather, ...

A study led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne has shown that the ability to ...

A revolutionary approach to immune therapy has emerged: engineered immune cells that protect healthy tissue without ...

A study led by TUM researchers finds that cystic fibrosis alters immune cells early in life, likely before birth. These immature immune cells fail to fight infections, fueling persistent inflammation ...

Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Working with an international team, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered that the ...

The study showed that medicine used to help asthma patients for more than 20 years could lessen or prevent acute allergic ...