(THE CONVERSATION) Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This ...

Each exercise session improves your immune function immediately afterward, so frequent workouts are the best way to keep your immune system working at a high level. Some studies have shown immune ...

Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body. The discovery has opened new paths for ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our ...

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

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.

Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, with almost 10% of cases being missed in the emergency room.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the ...

Scientists have uncovered how a key type of immune cell adapts its behavior depending on the type of infection, paving the ...