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 (IFNs) are a group of cytokines that were first identified in 1957, where they were found to interfere with a viral infection. IFNs possess several important properties, including ...

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.

Why, after an apparently mild viral infection, do some patients still develop severe forms? Researchers show that the ...

Despite potential benefits, the therapy remains in limited use for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Pegylated interferons are a meaningful therapeutic option for the treatment of ...

Researchers have examined five SARS-CoV-2 variants to determine how each strain interacts with the innate arm of the immune system -- the first line of defense in the immune system versus the antibody ...

Over the past 35 years, interferons have been explored in various formulations for the management of Philadelphia chromosome–negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), such as essential ...

Researchers across the planet are racing to harness one of the immune system’s front-line defenders as an early treatment for covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus that has killed more than ...

In a recent study published in Science Immunology, researchers investigated whether individuals with breakthrough infections of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia demonstrated normal ...

Over the past decade, the pharmaceutical pipeline has become packed with small molecules that treat the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Hopes are high that the current standard of care—a combination of ...