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 ...

During the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of serious illness and death was jarringly high in older populations. Why? Weakening immune systems — as we age, we become more vulnerable to infections, ...

TOPSHOT - (L-R) The portraits of Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi are displayed during a press conference where the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine are ...

Plus, why your diet plays such a crucial role.

Stem-cell researcher Carolina Florian didn’t trust what she was seeing. Her elderly laboratory mice were starting to look younger. They were more sprightly and their coats were sleeker. Yet all she ...

Immune Engineering is a set of tools and technologies to modulate the immune system. Immune engineering is a rapidly growing field that merges engineering techniques with basic and translational ...

I’ve noticed I’m getting more colds as I get older. What can I do to give my immune system a boost? Like the rest of your body, your immune system ages, too. This contributes to higher rates of ...

You have probably heard that loading up on vitamin C will ward off a cold, or perhaps TikTok has influenced you to take turmeric or some other supplement to supercharge your immune system. The problem ...