Your blood type isn’t just important for transfusions — it’s actually providing you with built-in protection against certain diseases while potentially making you more vulnerable to others. The same ...

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has identified a mechanistic link between high blood glucose levels and weakened immunity against viral ...

Type 2 immunity underlies the pathogenesis of allergic inflammation through a complex network of cellular and molecular interactions. Central to this response are T helper 2 (Th2) lymphocytes, group 2 ...

Results from a preclinical study in mice, led by EPFL, and a collaborative clinical study in patients show that the type 2 immune response – associated with parasitic infection and thought to play a ...