Interferon receptor knockout chickens uncover how type I and III interferons differentially shape avian antiviral immunity and influenza disease outcomes.

During a bout of influenza, B cells interact with other immune cells and then take different paths to defend the body. One path is the B cells that differentiate into lung-resident memory B cells, or ...

The immune system depends on molecular alarms that detect danger inside cells. One of these alarms is STING, short for ...

A new paper from the University of Kansas overturns the idea that a "risk gene" carried by millions of people worldwide influences production of Type 1 interferon, a workhorse of the immune system.

In 1980, TIME Magazine wrote about interferon as the “if” drug for cancer. Promising studies sparked widespread hope around the potential of the interferon to treat cancer, only if it could deliver ...

In adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher serum levels of interferon (IFN) alfa were linked to greater disease activity and autoantibody positivity; however, IFN-gamma showed no such link, and ...

A new drug quashes all coronavirus variants. But regulatory hurdles and a lack of funding make it unlikely to reach the U.S. market anytime soon. By Benjamin Mueller Over the past year, America’s ...