What happens when your immune system hijacks your brain
"My year of unraveling" is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
Nov 22, 2025
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Plasma Exchange
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Rare, serious flu complication in kids needs rapid treatment, study finds
Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for brain swelling and extreme immune responses, a Stanford Medicine-led report found.
Jul 30, 2025
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Clinical trial demonstrates the impact of therapeutic plasma exchange on biological age
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial shows that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) combined with intravenous immunoglobulin reduced biological age on average by 2.6 years, as measured by multi-omic biomarkers. Results of the ...
May 28, 2025
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Examining two cases of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the rapid development and administration of various vaccines worldwide, with some reports linking these vaccines to immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).
Nov 8, 2024
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Imlifidase more effective than plasma exchange in removing donor-specific antibodies in kidney transplant rejection
For kidney transplant recipients experiencing antibody-mediated rejection, the current standard of care involves removing donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) through plasmapheresis (PLEX)—a procedure that removes antibodies ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Clinicians report success with first test of drug in a patient with life-threatening blood clotting disorder
A team led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital used a new drug to save the life of a patient with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP), a rare disorder characterized by uncontrolled clotting ...
May 17, 2024
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Physicians find success treating a child's case of rare encephalitis
The prognosis for the sick child, who hadn't responded to standard treatment, was dire. But a team of Rutgers physicians believed there might be hope despite the conventional wisdom against pursuing any further treatment.
Oct 27, 2022
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Researcher describes first cases of encephalomyelitis resulting from monkeypox virus
As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread around the globe, a rare but potentially serious complication of the virus has been discovered by Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS, associate professor of neurology and infectious diseases ...
Sep 20, 2022
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