TOPSHOT - (L-R) The portraits of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are displayed during a press conference where the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

Researchers have mapped how the immune response in people with sepsis changes over time. The work, led by King's College ...

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 ...

Immune Engineering is a set of tools and technologies to modulate the immune system. Immune engineering is a rapidly growing field that merges engineering techniques with basic and translational ...

Additives like aluminum in vaccines can amp up their effectiveness, creating just the right balance of inflammation to prevent disease. In this illustration, an mRNA vaccine messages cells to make the ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...