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 ...

Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

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

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system works. In separate ...

Your body maintains a delicate balance between the water you consume and the amount you use. Most of the water you drink is quickly removed from your body, but the time it takes for this process to ...

Regulatory T cells help your immune system distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘nonself’ – and can open doors to better treatments ...

Shimon Sakaguchi discovered T-reg immune cells. Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell identified the cells’ role in autoimmune disease.

Stepping on a Lego or cutting your finger causes pain, but they aren't the only body parts sensitive to touch. In fact, one ...