A single skin gene helps build the body's first line of immune defense

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have discovered that a gene long known for shaping the skin's ...
Medical Xpress

How does your immune system stay balanced? A Nobel Prize-winning answer

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 ...
Rolling Out

When your immune system works too hard on the wrong things

Your immune system is like an incredibly sophisticated security team, constantly patrolling your body for threats and neutralizing them before they can cause harm. When it’s working properly, this ...
MedPage Today

Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Three Scientists for Work on the Immune System

STOCKHOLM -- Mary E. Brunkow, PhD, Fred Ramsdell, PhD, and Shimon Sakaguchi, MD, PhD, won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Zombie COVID-19 leftovers hunt in packs and ambush our immune cells

COVID-19 was never just a hit-and-run infection, and the latest science shows why. Even after the active virus is gone, fragments of its genetic material and spike proteins can linger, assemble into ...
Women's Health

Your Skin Has Its Own Immune System. Here's How It Works To Keep You Well During Sick Season.

As the temperature drops and sniffles start making their rounds, we’re all thinking about ways to strengthen our immunity: vitamin C, hand sanitizer, maybe a flu shot. But while you’re focused on ...
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Researchers warn of invisible toxic air threat causing immune system chaos

Invisible particles in the air are not just irritating our lungs, they are quietly rewiring the immune system that is ...