Nobel Prize winners discovered how the immune system is regulated, leading to new treatment options for cancer and autoimmune ...

The human immune system is like an army of specialized soldiers (immune cells) each with a unique role to play in fighting disease. In a new study published in Nature, led by scientists at the Allen ...

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

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 immune system can be “reprogrammed” to heal the body faster using electrical stimulation, according to new research. Irish scientists discovered that electrically stimulating “macrophages” – one ...

Electrically stimulating key cells in the immune system could "reprogram" them to reduce inflammation and encourage faster and more effective healing in the body. This is the discovery of scientists ...

Sharon Evans, a cancer immunologist at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center who studies the role of temperature in T cell responses, said that, to date, the influence of the external environment ...

Lymphatic drainage is a simple but precise process that can have positive effects on the immune system. It usually requires specialized knowledge and training, but the treatment itself only involves a ...

Each year, six Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, economics, literature ...

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had ...

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 ...