Members of the Immune Systems & Stem Cells research area are interested in understanding how immune systems and stem cells regulate organismal health and disease. We investigate the beneficial immune ...

Could AI hold the key to answering questions that have stumped doctors and scientists for decades? A recent study at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) borrows concepts from machine learning to ...

Drink orange juice when you have a cold. Stress is bad for your immune system. Exercise boosts your immunity.That sounds ...

The promise of precision medicine in immunology is both daunting and profound: tailoring treatment to each person’s unique biology to achieve better outcomes. This approach has revolutionized oncology ...

Why can the human immune system often remember a vaccination for a whole lifetime? Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have now ...

Platforms target and eliminate disease-causing Th17 cells in vivo, backed by lead investors UPMC Enterprises and Ziff Capital ...

Viral immunologist Paul Thomas, PhD, is working to turn the “incredible potential” of the immune system into real-life diagnostic and therapeutic applications that will improve vaccination strategies ...

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (Photo by Atila Altuntas/Anadolu via Getty Images) The 2025 Nobel Prize in ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly progressing despite the fact that it has been used for decades. Previously, the healthcare system used AI to transcribe notes, analyze risk, and improve ...

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 ...

We are now approaching six years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, yet talk of vaccines and our immune systems persists in our conversations — from political ...

After hearing about antibiotic resistance and the existence of “superbugs,” I became the type of person who tried to avoid taking medication whenever I was sick. I worried that if I took medication ...