As people age, their immune system function declines. T cell populations become smaller and can't react to pathogens as ...

Testing in mice suggests that rejuvenating T cells could make vaccines and some cancer therapies more effective.

A single blood protein can make aging stem cells act young again. As people age and notice changes like graying hair or reduced muscle strength, their immune system also undergoes shifts. One key ...

Two years after this, Sakaguchi was able to link these discoveries. He proved that the Foxp3 gene governs the development of ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

Antibiotics are powerful treatments that have saved countless lives over the course of decades. New findings from Scripps ...

Kimchi may do far more than add flavor to meals—it could help fine-tune the human immune system. A clinical study using ...

Can the immune system cure cancer? Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong discusses a paradigm shift using NK cells to treat tumors without ...