An experimental gene therapy developed by researchers at UCLA, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital has ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists for unraveling how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our ...

With the advent of commercial spaceflight, an increasing number of people may be heading into space in the coming years. Some ...

A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of ...

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna have taken a closer look at a previously largely unknown component of the immune system: the protein molecule TRAT1 (T Cell Receptor Associated ...

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 ...

In addition to strengthening the muscles, lungs, and heart, regular physical exercise also strengthens the immune system.

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had immune cells that functioned better and aged more slowly. Their inflammation ...

Sugar does not directly weaken the immune system but eating too many calories, from sugary foods, can damage the body in many ways.

Saunas have many health benefits including improved cardiovascular health and a boost in immune system. But there are risks ...