The prize-winning discovery 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 Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager ...

Researchers are uncovering why the immune system falters in space, from microbiome shifts to stress, and how to fight back.

Three immunologists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for uncovering how the immune system prevents itself from attacking the body.

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

The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for ...

Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the ...

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 ...

The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to ...