Immunology

There are many hypotheses about genetic advantages of sexual reproduction but none have been proven in humans. The researchers of a new study say they have done so, showing how humanity’s…

The bacteria living in your gut have more to do with your immune system than you might think. Shutterstock Your intestines are home to many different kinds of bacteria (and some non-bacterial…

In this century, vaccine denial is primarily located in progressive hotbeds of states like California, rooted in distrust of science. It's an embarrassment for Democrats, who pride themselves on…

Don't look so worried Cromwell, she's just asleep. BBC/Company Productions Ltd By Derek Gatherer, Lecturer at Lancaster University. In the first episode of BBC historical drama Wolf Hall, based on…

Skin provides an essential protective barrier against foreign materials and pathogens and helps the body retain various fluids and electrolytes. When that barrier is damaged, the consequences can be…

The UK has just recorded its second outbreak of bird flu in less than three months. At the end of November, the relatively new subtype H5N8 – which was first spotted in late 2009 in China and which…

By Joel N. Shurkin, Inside Science (Inside Science) - In nature — the rule goes — everything is connected to everything else, so it is possible that when you combine two methods of preventing a…

There are up to 400 chemical compounds on human skin that could play a role in attracting mosquitoes. sookie, CC BY-SA By Cameron Webb, University of Sydney There’s always one in a crowd, a sort of…

Some media, such as the New York Daily News and NBC, have reported that the Asian H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza has now entered the United States. This is incorrect and they…

If you are in the United States and travel to Mexico, you are cautioned not to drink the water, just like if you travel to Taiwan or China you are cautioned not to eat chicken bought from a street…