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

Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant's defenses are activated. But there's a downside to this protective mechanism: the plant's ...

Plants, firmly rooted in the soil, face numerous challenges, whether it is battling pathogens or coping with the pressures of a warming climate and drought. This has sparked significant interest among ...

LA JOLLA (January 8, 2025)—Human bodies defend themselves using a diverse population of immune cells that circulate from one organ to another, responding to everything from cuts to colds to cancer.

Plants, with their unique immune systems, sometimes launch "autoimmune responses" by mistakenly identifying their own protein structures as pathogens. In particular, "hybrid necrosis," a phenomenon ...

Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) growing on a culture medium. Flagellin triggers immune reactions that shift resources to defence, resulting in reduced plant growth. Colonization with a commensal ...

Researchers have developed a novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory from the active ingredient in a medicinal plant used throughout Southeast Asia. The novel compound doesn’t suppress the innate immune ...

Researchers discovered that plants manage iron deficiency without helping 'bad' bacteria thrive by eliminating the molecular signal for iron deficiency, and that the iron deficiency signaling pathway ...

Scientists found a way to help plants grow while staying disease resistant, a discovery that could improve food production.

The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can exert a strong influence on our bodies, in part by creating and ...

A virus that typically infects black-eyed peas is showing great promise as a low-cost, potent cancer immunotherapy—and researchers are uncovering why. In a study published in Cell Biomaterials, a team ...

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