Immune system overreactions may be the true culprit of cardiac illness—and lifesaving drugs can calm them down ...

A first-in-human clinical trial at UPMC shows it is feasible and safe to train the immune system to accept a transplanted ...

Research by Milena Bogunovic, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology, sheds light on how inflammation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, such as ...

Malaria remains widespread, with case numbers recently rising again. The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) has been active in malaria research for decades and collaborates with ...

In A Nutshell A single 30-minute Finnish sauna session significantly increased immune cells circulating in the bloodstream.

Sleep loss doesn’t just make you tired — it may biologically accelerate heart disease. Here’s the hidden brain-to-heart pathway, plus tools to build resilience when sleep isn’t perfect.

Inflammatory bowel disease, often called IBD, is a long-term condition that causes inflammation in the digestive system. It ...

Extremely high cortisol levels (Cushing's syndrome) can lead to treatment-resistant high blood pressure. Learn how this ...

Homozygous but not heterozygous loss of Pten in sporadic mouse models of SHH-medulloblastoma greatly accelerates tumor formation, not metastasis, through increased survival of differentiated cells and ...

Knowing that women are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at three times the rate of men, particularly during their 30s ...