Being immunocompetent means that the immune system is working properly and that the body is capable of mounting an appropriate immune response, when necessary. A person who is immunodeficient has an ...

Reboot your immune system with intermittent fasting. Help your ‘good’ bacteria to thrive with a plant-based diet. Move over morning coffee: mushroom tea could bolster your anticancer defences.

From fending off the common cold to attacking cancer cells, the immune system is an incredibly complicated and crucial part of our survival. Each time it mounts a response, the immune system must ...

Immunotherapy uses our immune system to fight cancer. It works by helping the immune system recognise and attack cancer cells. You might have immunotherapy on its own or with other cancer treatments.

Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are closer to developing an oral vaccine for anthrax, thanks to a recent study showing an immune response ...