immune system

(MedPage Today) -- Guiding HIV therapy by monitoring the immune system is more cost effective than keeping an eye on viral loads, researchers reported.

Researchers in Norway believe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as ME, may be caused by a wayward immune system attacking the body.

(Monash University) Scientists have discovered more about the intricacies of the immune system in a breakthrough that may help combat viral infections such as HIV.

(MedPage Today) -- Starting HIV therapy when a patient's immune system is still strong does not reduce the risk of AIDS or death, an international cohort study showed.

(The Wistar Institute) How does our remarkable immune system retain the ability to defend against viruses previously encountered?

While antibodies persist in our blood for only a few short weeks, our bodies retain the cells that make specific, successful antibodies for decades.

Researchers at The Wistar Institute have determined the protein signals that keep the memory of old viruses alive, findings that may aid in creating better, more effective vaccines.

New DNA discoveries add weight to the idea that MS is triggered when the body's immune system turns against itself.

(University of Copenhagen) Researchers are able to produce medicine encapsulated in nanoparticles the size of viruses, but new research has shown another great challenge in nanomedicine -- the immune system -- and the importance of the coating polymers on the nanoparticle surface.

(Virginia Tech) Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have discovered some of the key molecular events in the immune system that contribute to inflammatory bowel disease.

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Bacteria are among the simplest organisms in nature, but many of them can still talk to each other, using a chemical "language" that is critical to the process of infection.

Sending and receiving chemical signals allows bacteria to mind their own business when they are scarce and vulnerable, and then mount an attack after they become numerous enough to overwhelm the host's immune system.

(MedPage Today) -- Trying to be too clean may backfire for young people's health, according to a study that suggests chemicals from antibacterial soaps and plastics depress the immune system and cause allergies.