When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

These intercellular messages, ferried about by molecules called interferons, serve as a warning signal to nearby cells—“‘You are about to be infected; it’s time for you to set up an antiviral state,’” ...

A common cold can feel like a small thing until it is not. One day you feel fine, and the next you wake up congested, drained ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

Who knows why different people have different symptoms with the common cold? Well, a new study used laboratory-grown noses ...

Bonn, November 8, 2022 - The innate immune system fights infectious agents. The alarm messenger interferon plays a central role in this. However, if it is produced in the absence of an infection, it ...

Researchers have discovered that Type I interferon (IFN) plays a key role in helping the immune system effectively target viruses, while stopping white blood cells from 'going rogue' and attacking the ...