Scientists at an Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence have discovered a new mechanism regulating the immune response that can leave a person susceptible to autoimmune diseases.
Jun 28, 2013
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Early in embryological development, the immune system learns not to attack the body's own cells. In many autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, this self-tolerance is ...
Apr 12, 2017
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Inside each of us is our own internal timing device. It drives everything from sleep cycles to metabolism, but the inner-workings of this so-called "circadian clock" are complex, and the molecular processes behind it have ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Scientists have uncovered the mechanism that controls whether cells that are able to suppress immune responses live or die.
Jul 14, 2013
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Researchers from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that immune responses to insulin could help identify individuals most at risk for developing ...
Feb 8, 2021
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Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can ...
May 16, 2013
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A specific group of white blood cells, termed "regulatory T cells," keeps the immune system in balance and suppresses its activity to protect the body against autoimmune diseases. Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative ...
Apr 24, 2019
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New research, published in the journal Diabetic Medicine, has revealed that children who develop type 1 diabetes (T1D) under the age of 12 activate genes involved in immune responses that does not occur in people who develop ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases.
May 22, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—A clinical trial is underway for a potential new treatment for type 1 diabetes that could eventually mean patients are able to reduce insulin treatment from several times a day to only once or twice a week. ...
Jun 11, 2013
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