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

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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