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Trio of Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Groundbreaking Discovery of Immune Cells That Prevent Autoimmune Disease

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi’s research revealed a new class of cells shaking up scientists’ ...

Nobel medicine prize: how a hidden army in your body keeps you alive – and could help treat cancer

By learning to adjust these biological “brakes” with precision, medicine is entering a new era. Treatments inspired by these ...
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2 Your Health: How our immune system protects against viruses

It’s cold and flu season and most of us will eventually encounter a virus. So, how does our immune system work to keep us healthy? According to Michaela Gack, PhD, Scientific Director of the ...
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Immune system working hard to keep us healthy

It’s cold and flu season and most of us will encounter a virus at some point. So how does our immune system work to keep us healthy? According to Dr. Michaela Gack with Cleveland Clinic, once ...

Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment

As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But ...

How to fight off a cold - and does Vitamin C actually work?

Maintaining a healthy immune system by eating foods rich in vitamin C could help you prevent getting ill in the first place, ...