Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi on his immune system breakthrough – and the treatments he hopes it will unlock

Listen to Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates in medicine, talk about his research on The Conversation Weekly ...

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 ...

What are regulatory T-cells? Nobel-winning science explained

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop ...
Nature

These immune cells won Nobel fame — can they solve autoimmune disease?

Regulatory T cells, which help to dampen inflammation, are being used in clinical trials against ailments such as rheumatoid ...
Nature

Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered cells that protect the body from autoimmune diseases.

MIT and Harvard Build “Invisible” Immune Cells That Obliterate Cancer

MIT and Harvard scientists have created engineered CAR-NK cells that can hide from the immune system and more effectively ...

'Traffic controller' protein that protects DNA discovered, and it may help kill cancer cells

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Studying Clever Creases in Nature May Inspire Foldable Structures for Drones and Robots

Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for ...
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