When it comes to distinguishing a healthy cell from an infected one that needs to be destroyed, the immune system's killer T cells sometimes make mistakes.
May 25, 2021
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The immune system is a complex balancing act; if it overreacts or underreacts to foreign molecules, there can be serious health consequences.
May 20, 2021
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The development of antibodies to the COVID-19 virus has been the great long-term hope of ending the pandemic. However, immune system turncoats are also major culprits in severe cases of COVID-19, Yale scientists report in ...
May 19, 2021
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Autoimmune diseases occur when an individual's immune system fights their own body as if it was a foreign invader. However, in healthy people, these responses are prevented by a process known as immune tolerance. Many complex ...
May 19, 2021
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Autoimmune diseases have something in common with horses, bachelor's degrees and daily flossing habits: women are more likely to have them.
May 12, 2021
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Scientists from Russia and Italy studied a new axis of the pathway that prevents the development of liver fibrosis. The role of GILZ protein in curbing the disease progression was shown in a study using mice models and confirmed ...
May 4, 2021
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With over 139 million COVID-19 cases globally, the latest challenge for medical researchers is a post-COVID-19 syndrome referred to as "long COVID."
Apr 21, 2021
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Researchers have combined genome-wide sequencing and functional profiling of immune cells to understand more about the impact of genetic variants on disease.
Apr 19, 2021
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Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a key target that may be responsible for treatment failure in about 30% of patients with hemophilia A. The target, known as B cell activating factor ...
Apr 15, 2021
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A preliminary study suggests that Black people who have autoimmune neurologic diseases, multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), may respond differently than white people to a common therapy ...
Apr 14, 2021
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