The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

For the Nobel laureates, the journey began in the 1980s with Shakaguchi’s discovery, and was furthered in the 1990s-2000s by ...

Seattle scientist Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) won a Nobel Prize for research on the immune cells ...

In Alzheimer's diseased mice, inhaled CBD reduced neuroinflammatory signals and boosted recognition memory, suggesting an immune-focused approach to the condition.

Their discoveries have advanced treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases and may improve transplant success.

Three researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 for the discovery of regulatory T cells, the FOXP3 gene mutation and the role they play within autoimmune diseases.

The body's tissues can get injured in many ways, but while some injuries heal perfectly, others don't heal at all. A cut in the skin, for example, usually heals all on its own, while internal organs, ...

The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered a key pathway the body uses to keep the immune ...

A molecular biologist who grew up in Portland is one of the three researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for ...

Ramsdell, who earned his bachelor’s degree from UC San Diego and his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA in 1987 ...