Regulatory T cells help your immune system distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘nonself’ – and can open doors to better treatments for cancer, autoimmune disease and transplant rejection.

A new study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure reveals that the speed of lymph flow in the legs may determine ...

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Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

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

There is no single best time to poop every day, but many people find it most convenient to poop in the morning before work.

Over the past 20 y, a resurgence in vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets has been reported throughout the world, including the United States. Inadequate serum vitamin D concentrations have ...

Your body maintains a delicate balance between the water you consume and the amount you use. Most of the water you drink is quickly removed from your body, but the time it takes for this process to ...

With two NIH awards totaling more than $5 million, Ophelia Venturelli will explore how the human gut can respond to internal ...