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.

Interferons are medications that used to be standard treatments for hepatitis C. However, newer treatments called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) are now the standard of care for treating hepatitis C.

Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it affects over 12 million people globally. When the bacterium infects a person, the body's immune response is critical to how ...

Viral infection of the mucosa induces a strong host innate immune response involving type I interferons and interferon-stimulated genes. New findings show that mechanical or pathogen-induced ...