The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for ...

For the Nobel laureates, the journey began in the 1980s with Shakaguchi’s discovery, and was furthered in the 1990s-2000s by ...

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

Fred Ramsdell, 64, shared the award with two researchers for their discovery of how the human immune system knows not to ...

Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body.

How immune tolerance works While the immune system is designed to recognize and eliminate foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, it must also avoid attacking the body’s own tissues. This ...

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

How an art gallery can boost your immune system and relieve stress - Researchers say looking at original works of art can ...

But while you’re focused on keeping your internal defenses strong, there’s another immune system you probably haven’t thought ...

As winter looms on the horizon, so do viruses and bacteria prepared to usher in annual colds and flu. The immune system is ...

Cancer immunotherapies, including cancer vaccines, harness and amplify the immune system’s natural ability to detect and attack cancer cells. In this illustration, immune T cells (pink) attach to a ...

Repatha works by blocking a specific enzyme in your liver to help your body remove cholesterol more effectively. It is not an immunosuppressant drug, so it doesn’t work by suppressing the immune ...