When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

Hemispherx Biopharma Inc has acquired certain assets from Interferon Sciences, Inc. (IFSC), a biotechnology company, including the rights to its patented drug, the Alferon N Injection, approved by the ...

A new study shows type I interferon fine-tunes macrophage mitochondria through the protein ISG15, boosting dead-cell ...

As protection against the dozens of viruses that attack him throughout his lifetime, man has two major natural defenses: antibodies and a mysterious substance called interferon. Most antibodies give ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

Type I interferons are a family of cytokines that play a critical role in the immune system, particularly in antiviral defence and immunomodulation. In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an ...