The immune system is one of the most intricate systems in the body and plays a vital role in keeping children healthy.

A US-Japanese trio on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into how the immune system is kept in check by ...

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...

Yep, a new Scientific Reports study found that endurance exercise (think: long-distance running, swimming, or cycling) is ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have recently found that a certain protein may have a large ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that some natural killer cells, NK cells, temporarily reside ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel Prize for fundamental discoveries about how the immune system keeps itself in check.

Researchers found a molecular mechanism, shared in cancer and pregnancy, that suppresses the immune system. Block this mechanism, called B7-H4, and the immune system revs up to slow cancer's growth.

Scientists have found that a protein tied to Alzheimer’s disease may actually strengthen the immune system’s fight against ...