Unlike infectious agents, cancer cells originate from the patient themselves and can therefore evade immune surveillance. The ...

Our immune response is not fixed. It is a living, adaptive network of cells and signals that evolves over our lifespan, ...

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Alon Monsonego had discovered that T helper lymphocytes, a subset of immune cells ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School have found a novel way to ...

Shimon Sakaguchi discovered T-reg immune cells. Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell identified the cells’ role in autoimmune disease.

By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and ...

For many conditions including immune-related ones, genetics often explains only a small fraction of the differences between ...

Each year, six Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, economics, literature and peace work. This year, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was ...

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their collective work in the discovery of specialized immune cells that roam ...

Targeted particles carrying the cytokine IL-12 can jump-start T cells, allowing them to clear tumors while avoiding side ...

Did you know that your skin has its own immune system, and helping it function properly can keep you healthy this winter?