Green tea contains beneficial compounds that may support immune health by reducing inflammation, fighting oxidative stress, ...

Cortisol is known as the “stress hormone,” serving as the main stress regulator in the body. While it can be useful in short ...

Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, where they play critical roles in our health and biology; they can help us break down food, absorb nutrients; and they affect the immune ...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS), represent a growing global health burden ...

The gut contains the largest collection of immune cells in the body. New research at the Buck Institute shows that some of those immune cells travel along the brain/gut axis in a mouse model of ...

The role of the gut-brain axis in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has emerged over recent years as a possible target for therapeutics. But the mechanism linking the two remains to be fully elucidated. In ...

The infant gut is packed with a medley of molecules that dictate development during a critical time in a newborns’ life. But how these molecules interact with and influence immune cells early in life ...

We are in the thick of cold and flu season. So, fortifying your immune system is probably high on your list of priorities. While there is no magical food or supplement that will prevent you from ...

Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women. Despite advances in screening and treatment, advanced stages of the disease ...

Researchers discovered that clearing out certain digestive bacteria with antibiotics helps calm the immune system. This temporary microbial shift protected mice from severe brain swelling and cellular ...

Small food protein signals teach immune cells to accept food. The finding helps explain how the body prevents food allergies.

In little moments like when sipping coffee or licking an ice cream cone, it doesn't seem like your body is pulling off a biological miracle. But it is. That cookie is not you—yet when you put it in ...