How does the same infection, say the flu or a cold, give some people mild symptoms and leave others suffering? Why do people develop autoimmune diseases? And will we ever be able to predict when—and ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager ...

Scientists have mapped how genetics and life experiences leave lasting epigenetic marks on immune cells. The discovery helps ...

A Brossay Lab study reveals how nonclassical CD8+ T cells can be activated by molecules that go undetected by classical CD8+ ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study finds that proteasomes—structures that reside in all cells in the body and typically break ...

In the race to develop a safe, effective treatment for COVID-19, biotech companies like Regeneron and Vir Biotechnology, led by Cornell alumni, have turned to antibodies — which are naturally created ...

The emerging subdiscipline of "astroimmunology" has been formalized, focusing on understanding how spaceflight stressors significantly compromise the human immune system. A new guide, published in ...

In a recent study published in Nature Genetics, researchers created a comprehensive atlas to elucidate the combined impacts of genetic inheritance and environmental exposures on the human immune ...

A new study from Harvard University comes as wildfires tied to a warming climate threaten to unravel years of progress toward cleaner air. Exposure to wildfire smoke can affect the human immune system ...