Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, ...

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The immune system is the body’s tool for preventing or limiting infection. Its complex network of cells, organs, proteins, and tissues enables the immune system to defend the body from pathogens.

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Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, ...

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs. Learn how it happens, including ...

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified a key protein in the human immune system that drives inflammatory and ...

The immune system, made up of cells, tissues, and organs, protects against illnesses. It has innate and acquired immunity.