By bringing together insights from neuroscience and immunology, Dr. Wheeler identified previously hidden communication channels between the brain and immune system that may help explain why ...

Bridging the Mind-Body Divide As an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and investigator at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dr. Wheeler stands at the frontier of neuroimmunology, a field ...

By bringing together insights from neuroscience and immunology, Dr. Wheeler identified previously hidden communication channels between the brain and immune system that may help explain why ...

KAIST and an international research team have discovered a critical protein that acts as a 'switch' regulating immune ...

Even after the pandemic, various new infectious diseases continue to emerge, posing ongoing viral threats that demand robust ...

Some consumers and milk producers herald the perceived health benefits of raw milk, but federal and state health officials ...

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.

Immune cells known as neutrophils act as first responders to infection. Research on zebrafish shows light regulates their ...

It may not be the mythical fountain of youth, but the strength of the body's immune system, or immune resilience, could hold ...

Our most common white blood cells have their own internal clock that listens to daylight and responds by boosting immune ...

As trading practices diversify, the complexity of monitoring and maintaining fair play across markets has increased ...

A new study suggests that inhaling microplastics can suppress a type of white blood cell in the lungs that’s essential to the immune system, raising the risk of cancer and other diseases.