A new technology has been developed to suppress immune rejection, the biggest challenge in organ transplantation, without causing systemic side effects. A research team from Pohang University of ...

During fasting or exercise, immune cells (red) migrate to the pancreas and stimulate glucagon-producing cells (orange) to regulate blood sugar, with cell nuclei shown in blue. “For decades, immunology ...

Modifying the organ instead of the recipient isn’t a new idea, but it is an important one, said Jeffrey Platt, a transplantation biologist at the University of Michigan Medical School who was not ...

Stanford researchers have cured type 1 diabetes in mice by resetting their immune systems with a two-step transplant strategy ...

The thymus is a small organ located in the upper chest that plays a central role in the immune system: it produces T cells - ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan 5 (Reuters) - Zenas BioPharma said on Monday its experimental drug cut the risk of disease flare-ups in a late-stage study of ...

Our immune system protects the body from infections and harmful changes throughout our lives. However, it loses its ...

Aging causes the immune system to become less effective, increasing susceptibility to infections and age-related diseases. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging have created a comprehensive ...