Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...

In 2015, Bluestone led a small clinical trial to isolate and grow Tregs from diabetes patients and then reinfuse the cells ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping ...

Cell physiology is the study of the functional properties of cells, the basic units of life, and encompasses the investigation of processes such as metabolism, signal transduction, gene expression, ...

The prize honored discoveries that defined peripheral immune tolerance through regulatory T cells (Tregs) and the FOXP3 gene, ...

The team succeeded in turning T cells from mice suffering autoimmune diseases into stable regulatory T cells with a special ...

A Czech scientist has contributed to understanding the function of the thymus—the training center of the immune system. T ...

Even for a newly minted Nobel laureate, downtime is hard to find. | Even for a newly minted Nobel laureate, downtime is hard ...

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are a new type of pluripotent stem cells first generated in 2006 by Kyoto University Professor Yamanaka Shinya. Human iPS cells can be made from skin or ...

The UNC School of Medicine recently announced its new Masters of Science in Cell Biology and Physiology, with the program's first cohort set to begin coursework in the fall 2025 semester. The nine ...