News tagged with autoimmune condition


Biomarkers discovered for inflammatory bowel disease

Using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR), University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery shows fat triggers rheumatoid arthritis

Scientists have discovered that fat cells in the knee secrete a protein linked to arthritis, a finding that paves the way for new gene therapies that could offer relief and mobility to millions worldwide.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers finds Irish Lupus patients likely to benefit from new treatment

Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have discovered that a new treatment for the inflammatory condition, Systemic Lupus Erythmstosus (SLE) could potentially benefit Irish patients who suffer from ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created May 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Month of birth impacts on immune system development

Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research.

Neuroscience created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Potential Chagas vaccine candidate shows unprecedented efficacy

Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. Research from the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ...

Medications created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study underlines potential of new technology to diagnose disease

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in Jupiter, FL, have developed cutting-edge technology that can successfully screen human blood for disease markers. This tool may hold the key to better diagnosing and ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

People with type 1 diabetes at risk of thyroid disease

(HealthDay)—People who have type 1 diabetes are more likely than others to develop an autoimmune thyroid condition.

Diabetes created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery of human genetic mutation could lead to new treatments for type 1 diabetes

In type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, but the precise cause has not been clear. A study published by Cell Press on March 5th in Cell Metabolism reveals that a ...

Genetics created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sunlight may help ward off rheumatoid arthritis in women

Regular exposure to sunlight—specifically ultraviolet B (UVB)—may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, indicates a large long term study published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find key element of lupus, suggesting better drug targets

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has identified specific cellular events that appear key to lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease that afflicts tens of millions of people worldwide. The ...

Medical research created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Recently identified receptor helps trigger first wave of immune response

B cells can generate different 'classes' of antibodies, each of which carries a specific type of protein chain that triggers a specific downstream cascade of immune responses. Immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies, ...

Immunology created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A comparative medicine study identifies new approach to combat viral infections

When a virus such as influenza invades our bodies, interferon proteins are among the first immune molecules produced to fight off the attack. Interferon can also play a role in suppressing tumor growth and ...

Medical research created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research sheds light on important role of autophagy, or self-eating cells, in developing new anti-inflammatory therapies

Research just carried out in the Immunology Research Centre, led by Dr James Harris, based in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, shows that the process of autophagy  regulates the production ...

Medical research created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New point of focus found for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases

Scientists affiliated with VIB and UGent have discovered a mechanism used by the protein A20 to combat inflammation. This could be a very important point of focus in the search for a treatment for autoimmune diseases such ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune cell death safeguards against autoimmune disease

Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that a pair of molecules work together to kill so-called 'self-reactive' immune cells that are programmed to attack the body's own organs. ...

Immunology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast