It’s cold and flu season and most of us will encounter a virus at some point. So, how does our immune system work to keep us healthy? According to Dr. Michaela Gack, Scientific Director of the ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body's own healthy cells. This careful equilibrium is ...

The exchange of cells between a mother and a fetus is a well-documented phenomenon that scientists have known about for more ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their work on how our immune system is prevented from attacking our organs.

The immune system provides constant surveillance for the body, aiming to spot and eliminate disease-causing microbes or ...

Researchers found a way to boost aging immune systems by turning the liver into a temporary source of immune support signals ...

Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

Dr. Gil Mor discusses sex-specific placental responses and long-term immune alterations from prenatal virus exposure.

A new study explains how pancreatic tumors use a sugar coating to hide from the immune system and shows that a newly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Aimee Pugh Bernard, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...