The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic code, there’s a spectacularly brief moment in which a tiny piece of its surface snaps open to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have identified new roles for a protein long known to protect against severe flu infection – among them, raising the minimum number of viral particles needed to cause ...

Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...