Interferons are proteins that are part of your natural defenses. They tell your immune system that germs or cancer cells are in your body. And they trigger killer immune cells to fight those invaders.

Most of the time, the body's blood-forming stem cells remain dormant, with just a few producing blood cells and maintaining a balance among the different types. However, invading bacteria can be a ...

Data reviewed in this article demonstrate that both interferon-ß-1a (IFNß-1a) and interferon-ß-1b (IFNß-1b) show a dose-response relationship in multiple sclerosis at current clinical doses. Moreover, ...

Interferon-alpha, a messenger substance of the immune system, awakens dormant hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow to become active, thus making them vulnerable for the effect of many drugs.

CHICAGO — The use of a clinically validated flow cytometry test can assess type 1 and type 2 interferon activity in children with various pediatric inflammatory diseases to evaluate and monitor their ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 76, No. 10 (Oct., 1979), pp. 4778-4782 (5 pages) Among the mediators of interferon action are one enzyme that is ...

A new drug quashes all coronavirus variants. But regulatory hurdles and a lack of funding make it unlikely to reach the U.S. market anytime soon. By Benjamin Mueller Over the past year, America’s ...

Authors of a systematic review in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how interferons--widely used to treat multiple sclerosis--have no proven effect beyond one year of treatment. Interferons ...