Researchers have published the first description of the role of the ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins in regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are key to maintaining balance in the immune system and ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists – two of them American and one Japanese – for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of ...

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

Representative images of sections (from L-R) of the lung, liver, and small intestine from control (upper panel) and knockout mice (lower panel) which displayed clinical signs. The arrows indicate ...

Vitamin C, zinc, and other compounds can help your immune system thrive. Eating superfoods with these vitamins and minerals may help your body fight infection and disease.

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

Scientists have identified a biological ‘switch' that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells. This discovery could revolutionize treatments for autoimmune diseases, which affect ...

A new study suggests treatment-resistant depression may be rooted in the immune system. Trauma, stress biology, and mini-brain models reveal a hidden neuroimmune story.