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

Autoimmune diseases are on the rise in the U.S., with as many as 50 million Americans affected. Learn what causes them—and which symptoms could help pinpoint your problem.

A Czech scientist has contributed to understanding the function of the thymus—the training center of the immune system. T ...

Addressing the question of whether and how immune cells (macrophages) in the central nervous system (CNS) traffic out, ...

M Miriam Merad’s fascination with macrophages began when she looked into the lungs of a cancer patient she’d just lost during ...

Using a powerful machine learning tool, the researchers analyzed thousands of macrophage gene expression patterns from colon ...

Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge ...

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

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 ...

SEATTLE — A local Seattle woman is one of three scientists awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Mary Brunkow, PhD, alongside Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi, received the ...

You have probably heard that loading up on vitamin C will ward off a cold, or perhaps TikTok has influenced you to take turmeric or some other supplement to supercharge your immune system. The problem ...

In addition to strengthening the muscles, lungs, and heart, regular physical exercise also strengthens the immune system. This finding comes from a study of older adults with a history of endurance ...