Because the human immune system is extraordinarily picky, the person at the top of the wait list may lose out to someone who’s a lower priority but a better immunological match.

A study published in Science by the Champalimaud Foundation reveals a surprising new role for the immune system. During periods of low energy—such as intermittent fasting or exercise—immune ...

Maintaining good overall health is key to living a long life, but we may want to particularly focus on the state of our brain and immune system ...

Then the T cells are infused back to the patient. The process, scientists hope, will teach the immune system to accept the donated organ as part of the patient’s body.

With advances in cancer immunotherapy splashing across headlines, the immune system’s powerful cancer assassins — T cells — have become dinner-table conversation. But hiding in plain sight behind that ...

Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of drugs to prevent ...

Boston Children's Hospital. (2018, July 9). Can we get the immune system to tolerate organ transplants?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 29, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 ...

Scientists have discovered a new "micro-organ" within the immune system, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.. Researchers from Australia's Garvan Institute of ...

W hen Decio Eizirik began treating patients with type 1 diabetes in the 1980s, he was pretty sure about what was behind the disease: an immune system gone haywire. People with the illness lacked ...

Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system -- the body's first line of ...

Eavesdropping on organs: Immune system controls blood sugar levels. Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Journal Science DOI 10.1126/science.adi3624. Keywords /Life sciences/Immunology/ Immune cells ...