Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for ...

Specialized blood vessels and nitric oxide found to be key to stem cell survival and immune evasion

An international group of researchers has identified an important mechanism that enables stem cells to evade immune rejection ...

The overlooked astrocyte: Star-shaped brain cells may form specialized networks for reward learning

Researchers at Instituto Cajal (CSIC), the Autonomous University of Madrid and Institute de Salud Carlos III recently carried out a study aimed at better understanding the contributions of astrocytes, ...
Phys.org

Lipids found to play key role in immune process for clearing dead cells and microbes

LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) is a specialized process for degrading dead cells, microbes or other particles. It plays a role in innate immunity, inflammation regulation and anticancer responses.
The Conversation

Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother’s immune system not to attack developing fetus

Eva Gillis-Buck has recieved funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute James Gardner receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and ...