The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its ...

Three scientists have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering how the body stops its own ...

Fred Ramsdell, 64, shared the award with two researchers for their discovery of how the human immune system knows not to ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease ...

Researchers at Umeå University have discovered that the microscopic "bubbles" released by bacteria in our body do not just ...

A study published in Nature Communications describes how lymphatic endothelial cells assist in generating robust immune ...

Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

By learning to adjust these biological “brakes” with precision, medicine is entering a new era. Treatments inspired by these ...

For the Nobel laureates, the journey began in the 1980s with Shakaguchi’s discovery, and was furthered in the 1990s-2000s by ...

New research shows pollution particles can stick to red blood cells, traveling through the body—and masks may help stop them ...