A Japanese immunologist and two American scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for fundamental discoveries about how the immune system keeps itself in check, preventing ...

Vaccines are among the greatest achievements in medical science, saving millions of lives every year. They protect individuals and entire communities from infectious diseases such as measles, polio, ...

Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the first time, illuminates the missing half of how the immune system uses ...

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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 ...

We sometimes hear about the benefits of “boosting” our immune system, but what we really want to do is support our immune system on an ongoing basis. People often think of the immune system as ...

Why do some vaccines protect for a lifetime, while threats like tumors and viruses present such an ongoing challenge? The answer lies in the immune system's memory and how invading pathogens hack the ...

Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we might recover from our next cold. I got my results in a text message. The ...

Support your immune system The immune system is your body’s natural defense against infections, including new invaders like this coronavirus. It works 24/7 to protect you from viruses, bacteria, and ...

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a rare blood disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys platelets. Platelets are small blood cells that play a critical role in helping your ...