This article is an extension of a previous series which is now available as an anthology in the book, “Natural Immunity and Covid-19: What it is and How it Could Save Your Life”. Here, we introduce ...

A small protein active in the human immune response can disable bacterial toxins by exploiting a property that makes the toxins effective -- but also turns out to be a weakness. The small proteins are ...

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic liver disease characterized by fibrosis that develops from fatty liver. Disruption of intestinal microbiota homeostasis, dysbiosis, is associated with ...

Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in the host innate defense network, even in humans (1). Recent studies demonstrated the capacity of human airways epithelial cells to synthesize ...

A mimic of the potent proteins used by white blood cells to punch holes in bacteria is to begin clinical trials in Canada. It could be a valuable new weapon against the growing threat of ...