A quiet warning signal for Crohn’s disease may show up in your blood years before your stomach ever hurts. That is the message from new research out of Sinai Health, where scientists report a blood ...
Scientists are getting a better handle on the complexities of how immunity works. Attentive readers might have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to recover from a bout ...
As the new coronavirus burns its way across the world, scientists are rushing to find ways to identify those who have been infected — including those who have recovered from COVID-19. Those people, ...
Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. Every time you get sick, your body keeps a record of it. It does so through your ...
Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have ...
Learn more about the Human Immunome Project. Read David's full article about his experience with the Immune Health Metric. The piece is a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Aventine, a ...
An estimated 2.8 million people worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS). This autoimmune condition is the result of the immune system damaging parts of the nerves in the brain and spinal cord, which ...
A small, early clinical trial led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators has shown that directly injecting an immune-activating compound into prostate tumors before surgery ...
Food allergies are serious and, for some, potentially deadly. And yet, despite decades of research into allergies and what causes them, very little is known about why the vast majority of people are ...
Your immune system is like an incredibly sophisticated security team, constantly patrolling your body for threats and neutralizing them before they can cause harm. When it’s working properly, this ...