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The Nail as a Diagnostic Surface Your nails grow approximately 3.5 millimetres per month, and every millimetre is a record of ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that gut bacteria help regulate the development of the body's ...

Chronic and viral infections can literally exhaust certain key cells in the immune system from a constant barrage of attacks.

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In mammals, hair follicles emerge during embryonic development, forming geometric patterns that vary from one species to ...

A Science Immunology Review explains how memory B cells acquire diverse molecular, epigenetic, and tissue-specific programs ...

Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight fungal infections that ...

The study of regulatory T (Treg) cells in immunology has revealed their fundamental importance in shaping immune responses during viral infections. Treg ...