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

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Regulatory T-cells, or Tregs, called the body's "security guards" by the Nobel committee, help stop the immune system from ...

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Each exercise session improves your immune function immediately afterward, so frequent workouts are the best way to keep your immune system working at a high level. Some studies have shown immune ...

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Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi shared the Nobel Prize for fundamental discoveries about how the immune system keeps itself in check.

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These three videos can be used together to demonstrate how germs and viruses are spread, and the importance of hygiene and hand washing.

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Every cell in the human body operates on an intricate internal schedule, governed by circadian rhythms that synchronize our ...