An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) swims in a tank at the Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Technical University in Dresden, Germany. Antimicrobial peptides are among the most promising ...

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

Your chances of catching a cold—and how miserable it feels—may depend more on your body than on the virus itself.

Scientists found that nasal cells act as a first line of defense against the common cold, working together to block ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

A 30-year-old woman produced a single mass of gray material from her nose during a particularly forceful sneeze several hours before presenting to our clinic. She asked that the material be submitted ...

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have used lab-grown human nasal tissue to show that a fast interferon response can ...