WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – One frustration for doctors and patients dealing with certain cancers and autoimmune diseases is that they know the cause, but they don’t know how to reduce its effects in the ...

General practitioner examining a patient's hand for signs of rheumatoid arthritis. A breakthrough in cancer and autoimmune disease therapy could unlock a whole new frontier in medicine. Scientists are ...

Scientists have long suspected the keto diet might be able to calm an overactive immune system and help some people with diseases like multiple sclerosis. Now, they have reason to believe it could be ...

The concept of using the immune system to treat cancer is old, but the ability to do so has dramatically improved.

Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room about to ...

Research reveals how a specific mutation in a protein called TRAF1 can shut down an overactive immune response, dramatically reducing inflammation in mice. This discovery could pave the way for a new ...

Scientists have created a new antibody treatment that helps the immune system recognize and attack pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer cells use a sugary "disguise" to trick the immune system into ...