Where You Live Shapes Your Immune System More Than Your Genes Where and with whom we live -- are responsible for 60% to 80% of the differences between individual immune systems, while genetics account for the rest.
Seasonal Allergies May Actually Change the Brain, Study Finds More than just itchy eyes and a stuffy nose.
Why Some Non-Celiacs Still Have Trouble With Wheat Columbia researchers find a biological explanation for wheat sensitivity.
Our Personality and Social Behaviors May Be Dictated by Our Immune System, Study Suggests “It’s crazy, but maybe we are just multicellular battlefields for two ancient forces: pathogens and the immune system.”
Little-Known Member of the Herpes Virus Family Found in 43% of Women With Unexplained Infertility The discovery could potentially lead to new antiviral treatments to battle infertility.
Stimulating the Brain’s Reward Center Can Boost the Body’s Immune System This opens the potential to create drugs that harness the brain’s ability to cure.
New Anthrax Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Lethal Anthrax Inhalation With 100% Efficiency Science takes on bioterrorism.
Mosquito Bites May Spread Viral Infections Quicker and Raise Risk of Severe Illness Because of a problem with the body’s immune response that wasn’t previously known.