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Fire smoke appears to affect the immune system on a cellular level, researchers report in the journal Nature Medicine. People ...

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U.S. and Chinese researchers appear to have unlocked a novel way to stop T cells from attacking the body in MS and other ...

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Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person’s immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they’ve quit, a new study found.

Millions of Americans live with immune issues and depend on herd immunity to protect them from contagious diseases like measles.

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Seniors with cancer respond just as well as younger patients to immune checkpoint inhibitors — drugs that take the brakes off the immune system so it can target and kill cancer cells more ...