Feb. 13, 2025 — A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new ... An Unexpected Mechanism ...

Your immune system includes your body's cells, tissues, and organs, which work together to fight off infections and diseases. But how much do you know about it? When you understand everything that ...

Battling a chronic disease is like running a marathon where T cells, the immune system’s frontline defenders, are the runners. When the starter’s pistol fires, the runners are fast and strong.

As COVID-19 began to surge five years ago, no one knew what to expect. Neither did the immune system. Confronted with a new virus, humanity was immunologically naive. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

Several types of dermatitis involve an overreaction from the immune system, but it is not an autoimmune condition. An autoimmune disease is the result of the immune system mistakenly attacking the ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works of luminaries like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Nikki ...

“The Chinese have been using this method for centuries to reduce ailments and improve the immune system,” says Paulina ... He is working on a book distilling the insights from his sabbatical ...

Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too. By Alexandra Alter When Andy Hunter ...

“We are merely moving books within the library system that meet the legal definition of harmful to minors,” Ottosen wrote. “Moving doesn’t qualify as banning. They will still be available ...

By Marjoleine Kars A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs. Paul Fussell’s ...

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