A SIMPLE blood test that spots how fast organs are ageing could also predict the risk of major diseases decades in advance. A ...

Researchers have discovered that organs age at different rates, and accelerated ageing in certain organs can predict diseases ...

Your immune system includes your body's cells, tissues, and organs, which work together to fight off infections and diseases. But how much do you know about it? When you understand everything that ...

An organ fabricated from the recipient's own cells could be made to order and would not face the risk of immune rejection. “These organs would be available on demand and thereby overcome donor ...

Examination of the mucosal immune system as a global organ, rather than as a group of ... evident that mucosal surfaces are also the main sites of interaction between the host and its associated ...

Realizing that the immune system could affect a hormone as vital as glucagon, the team knew they were onto something of major impact ... a journey across different organs." Once in the pancreas ...

After a transplant, host immune cells can easily spot the donor organ thanks to cell surface molecules called major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins. These are also known as human leukocyte ...

Transplantation of organs or tissues between genetically ... Both donor and host factors contribute to the immune response of rejection. The major donor factor is the expression of MHC antigens ...