Study: A physical wiring diagram for the human immune system.Image Credit: Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock Background. Despite their therapeutic potential, the map of the surface interactions and ...

Your immune system defends your body against harmful invaders like viruses and bacteria, using white blood cells, antibodies, and other defenses to maintain health.

Jesse, a 7th-grader at Root Middle School in Medina, took inspiration from the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry to illustrate how the human body’s immune system works.

In May, Dr. Wherry and his colleagues posted online a paper showing a range of immune system defects in severely ill patients, including a loss of virus-fighting T cells in parts of the body.. In ...