(Juan Gartner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The human immune system has evolved an incredible ability to fight off ...

A simple, non-invasive ultrasound treatment could one day help injured joints heal instead of remaining trapped in a cycle of ...

Tests in mice with severe infections showed that the nanodiscs reduced the amount of fungus in major organs and improved survival rates.

Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences have uncovered how a natural and essential ...

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood cells that defend the body by killing microbes, removing dead cells and ...

An international team of UK and US scientists has discovered that the activity of macrophages—a type of white blood cell that engulf pathogens and cancer cells—can be used to predict whether or not a ...

A comprehensive review led by Professors Malgorzata Kloc and Xian Chang Li at the Immunobiology and Transplant Science Center ...

Macrophages are often described as the immune system’s first responders, but new work suggests they are also remarkably attuned to the physical state of their environment. A study published in the ...