An army of flu-fighting immune cells lives on in the nose long after infection.

Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have identified how certain immune cells are molecularly programmed to respond faster ...

A study reveals epigenetic priming allows memory T cells to respond faster, with transcription factor networks maintaining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Measles begins with a blotchy red rash that typically appears on the face and then spreads to the body of the person infected.

Measles can erase the immune system's memory, leaving us vulnerable to diseases we were previously protected against, new research has found. Two separate studies, published Thursday in the journals ...

In the body, macrophage memory formation depends on a signaling molecule, or cytokine, known as interferon gamma. During an initial immune response, interferon gamma prompts macrophages to unwrap ...

Macrophages remain ready to fight infection thanks to signaling molecules left behind by previous infections. That is according to new research from scientists at the University of California, Los ...

The field of cancer immunology has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, reshaping our understanding of tumor–immune system ...