The prize-winning work explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

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 ...

Johns Hopkins scientists discovered a way to convert “immune-cold” tumors into “immune-hot” ones by activating key immune ...

Researchers find long-term endurance training makes the immune system more efficient and less prone to inflammation.

Researchers are gaining insights into how external factors like air pollutants, diet and medications, and even microbes in the gut interact with regulatory T cells, for better or for worse.

Researchers have identified how to encourage tumors to build their own immune hubs—structures that look and function like lymph nodes—deep in the middle of cancer. Such immune hubs, known as tertiary ...

Your immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off infection. Your immune system can be affected by ...

And Dr Hussain Ahmad, a hospital doctor, said: “I don’t really like the word boost when we talk about the immune system. It gives the idea that you can switch it on or make it stronger with tablets or ...

Tom Anchordoquy receives funding for this work from the Nationals Institutes of Health through grant # RO1 CA289447. When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses ...

Each exercise session improves your immune function immediately afterward, so frequent workouts are the best way to keep your immune system working at a high level. Some studies have shown immune ...

When the first cells appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, viruses were already here to greet them. Ever since, viruses have been devising ways to infect cells, and cells have been ...

Humira (adalimumab) is used to treat several autoimmune conditions. The drug typically stays in your system for a few months after your final dose. This article explains how long Humira may remain in ...