News tagged with autoimmune disorders
Related topics: autoimmune diseases , rheumatoid arthritis , immune system , type 1 diabetes , immune cells
Immune protein could stop diabetes in its tracks
Melbourne researchers have identified an immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed.
Immunology
May 20, 2013 |
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Experimental compound improves memory in mice with multiple sclerosis
Johns Hopkins researchers report the successful use of a form of MRI to identify what appears to be a key biochemical marker for cognitive impairment in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). In follow-up experiments ...
Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2012 |
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T cells rely on 'rheostat' to help ensure that the immune response matches the threat
A properly functioning immune system is a lesson in balance, providing protection against disease without attacking healthy tissue. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists and published recently in Nature Im ...
Immunology
Apr 30, 2013 |
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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
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Hunger-spiking neurons could help control autoimmune diseases
Neurons that control hunger in the central nervous system also regulate immune cell functions, implicating eating behavior as a defense against infections and autoimmune disease development, Yale School of Medicine researchers ...
Immunology
Mar 25, 2013 |
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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
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Modified protein could become first effective treatment for vitiligo
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers have developed a genetically modified protein that dramatically reverses the skin disorder vitiligo in mice, and has similar effects on immune ...
Medical research
Feb 27, 2013 |
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New strategy prevents rheumatoid arthritis in mice
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have demonstrated a new strategy for treating autoimmune disease that successfully blocked the development of rheumatoid arthritis in a mouse model. They say it holds promise for improved ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Intestinal immune cells play an unexpected role in immune surveillance of the bloodstream
A type of immune cell found in the small intestine plays a previously unsuspected role in monitoring antigens circulating in the bloodstream. The findings from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers clarify ...
Immunology
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Neuroscientists prove ultrasound can be tweaked to stimulate different sensations
A century after the world's first ultrasonic detection device – invented in response to the sinking of the Titanic – Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have provided the first neurophysiological evidence ...
Neuroscience
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Researchers increase understanding of genetic risk factor for type 1 diabetes
As part of their ongoing research on the role of genes in the development of type 1 diabetes, Joslin Diabetes Center scientists, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Würzburg, have demonstrated ...
Diabetes
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Scientists identify potential drug target for inflammatory diseases including cancers
A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers. Chronic inflammation is now recognized as a key underlying cause for the development of many human cancers, autoimmune ...
Inflammatory disorders
Nov 21, 2012 |
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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
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Quick, cheap retina scan can predict brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis
An inexpensive, five-minute eye scan can accurately assess the amount of brain damage in people with the debilitating autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS), and offer clues about how quickly the disease is progressing, ...
Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Research gives new insight into coeliac disease
For the first time, scientists have visualised an interaction between gluten and T-cells of the immune system, providing insight into how coeliac disease, which affects approximately 1 in 133 people, is triggered.
Immunology
Oct 11, 2012 |
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