Cancer cells carry thousands of mutations, but not all mutations are created equal. Some make tumors highly visible to the ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its immune responses. By Gina Kolata and Ali Watkins Mary E. Brunkow, Fred ...

The yeast Candida albicans colonizes mucosal surfaces and is usually harmless. However, under certain conditions it can cause dangerous infections. A research team at the University of Zurich has now ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on how our immune system is prevented from attacking our organs.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the immune system avoids attacking ...

Pancreatic cancer may evade the immune system not by accident but by actively switching off internal danger signals through ...

New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast. The study on mice shows that the brain's hypothalamus controls how the ...

For decades, aging has looked like an unavoidable slide into frailty, driven in part by an immune system that slowly loses ...

Li-Fraumeni syndrome is a rare hereditary disease that significantly increases the risk of developing cancer. Almost all ...

Invisible particles in the air are not just irritating our lungs, they are quietly rewiring the immune system that is ...