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Cells of the thymus, a lymphoid organ

Health

Children born without key immune cells saved with engineered organ

Children who would normally have died because they lack an important immune organ can now survive thanks to a special thigh implant that produces immune cells

News

seahorse

Life

Male seahorses can get pregnant because they lack key immunity genes

News

Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

Health

Amplifying our ancient immune system could help fight future pandemics

Features

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

Humans

Evolution explains why social distancing due to covid-19 is so hard

Features

fat cells

Health

Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections

News

Crowds of people on the move

Health

It is bad science to say covid-19 infections will create herd immunity

Comment

The immune system: can you improve your immune age?

Video

The immune system: can you improve your immune age?

Video

The immune system: How to boost it and lower your immune age

Health

The immune system: How to boost it and lower your immune age

Video

T-cell

Health

What are T-cells and why have they become a political football?

News

Anti-CRISPR concept

Definition

Anti-CRISPR

The 'weapon' used by viruses to get around bacteria's CRISPR defence system

Definition

Blood

Environment

Deep-sea anglerfish fuse bodies to mate thanks to an odd immune system

News

Definition

Dexamethasone

Definition

Antibodies