Maintaining good overall health is key to living a long life, but we may want to particularly focus on the state of our brain ...

The researchers discovered that STING, an immune molecule meant to protect the brain, may actually be making things worse as ...

Infections in the brain can have serious consequences and are often fatal. The immune defense system works differently here ...

A groundbreaking study of nearly 45,000 people shows how a blood test measuring proteins can estimate which organs are aging ...

Microglia replacement therapy helps treat people with a rare genetic condition called ALSP, suggesting the approach could ...

The study, published March 6 in Nature Medicine, shows that the brain’s immune cells, called microglia, play a more powerful ...

Meningitis can be a frightening diagnosis. Our expert guide breaks down the different types—bacterial, viral, and fungal—and ...

A new study published in Nature has shown that fear and the immune system are linked in previously unknown ways, with the immune system potentially influencing stress and fear behaviors. The study ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have discovered that a virus that has flown under the radar for years might be a ...

“The brain and immune system coordinate a lot of other things around the body, so if those go wrong, it’s not too surprising they might have outsized effects on lifespan,” says Alan Cohen at ...