A man with type 1 diabetes produces his own insulin after receiving genetically-modified donor islet cells, without the need ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and ...

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

Researchers from major U.S. institutions typically dominate the Nobel science prizes, but that could change following massive ...

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

Seattle scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell won the Nobel Prize for research on the immune cells that prevent our body ...

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

Ramsdell, who earned his Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of California, Los Angeles, was recognized by his alma mater for ...

Their discoveries have advanced treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases and may improve transplant success.

The body's tissues can get injured in many ways, but while some injuries heal perfectly, others don't heal at all. A cut in the skin, for example, usually heals all on its own, while internal organs, ...

Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering a process that prevents the immune system from attacking our own tissues, called ...

By revealing how the immune system is kept in check, the laureates have not only solved a fundamental biological riddle but also opened practical routes to treat diseases that affect millions worldwid ...