What if scientists could build a realistic model of the human lung, not full-sized, but grown in the lab from living cells?

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit... Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We blame it for a ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a viral infection that attacks our immune systems. Infection enters the body by contact ...

As a result, some patients experience an initial inflammatory reaction when the body tries to attack the ... cancer treatment in human patients. Scientists have a long way to go in developing ...

Distinguishing between self and non-self is a critical ability of the immune system. Some pathogens have evolved proteins that resemble those of their host, a mechanism called molecular mimicry, in an ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tom Anchordoquy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and ...

Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the body. Veronika Sapozhnikova, Konstantin Sokolov, Rebecca Richards-Kortum/M.D. Anderson Cancer ...