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Infectious diseases

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14.12.2023

New study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse; the findings may lead to a strategy for reversing this susceptibility...

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27.06.2022

Without cells that spur on the specialized antifungal units, the fight against a common infection is a lost cause

The inner lining of a mouse gut has finger-like projections (white) and harbors lymphatic organs (red) containing germinal centers (green). Viewed with confocal microscopy
18.02.2022

When a second infection follows on the heels of a first, the two arms of our immune system may clash