Researchers have identified a compound that could block certain life-threatening and hard-to-treat allergic reactions.

Food allergies are slowly increasing within first world countries. According to the National Institute of Allergy and ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Seasonal allergies happen when your body's immune system overreacts to ...

New research zeroes in on a unique group of immune cells that could transform how we treat—and possibly prevent—severe food ...

A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health has revealed that a special group of cells found in mouse intestines ...

People are not born allergic to things, but they can be born with a genetic tendency to become allergic to things to which ...

A new study has revealed that a special group of cells in the intestines tamp down the immune responses caused by exposure to food proteins. Called 'tolerogenic dendritic cells,' these cells enable ...

Spring is the season of growth, and as Michiganders say goodbye to snow, pollen is the next visitor. Here's more on the allergy season.

So, researchers have increasingly turned their attention to the immune system within the gut to better understand how allergies take root at the molecular level. Building on earlier studies, ...