Hypoxia weakens the body’s infection defense by changing genetic material of neutrophils
Low oxygen levels in the blood can alter the genetic makeup of key immune cells, weakening the body’s…
Study: Dangerous E. coli strain blocks gut’s defense mechanism to spread infection
Isabella Rauch, Ph.D., is the senior author on a new study published in Nature that reveals how a…
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi identified regulatory T cells, which help to keep the immune system…
Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize in Medicine for ‘discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance’
Scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Targeting MHC-E as a new strategy for vaccines and immunotherapeutics
Trowsdale, J. & Knight, J. C. Major histocompatibility complex genomics and human disease. Annu. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet.…