Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is Hashimoto's disease?
January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about Hashimoto's disease.
Jan 13, 2022
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Autoimmune Diseases
Medications
Autoimmune drug shows promise in treating severe burns
A severe burn injury is not static. Within 72 hours, partial thickness burns can progress, or convert, to full thickness burns, greatly increasing the risk of infection, incapacitating scarring, and even death.
Jan 13, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
CrAss viral content: When it's in your gut, it might be good for your health
Autoimmune diseases are conditions in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body. Scientists know from previous research that the composition of the gut microbiome, the billions of microorganisms living in the human ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Medical research
Hunt for the protein TGM1 led to disease discovery
By searching for the protein TGM1 among patients with various autoimmune skin diseases, researchers have successfully identified a separate disease that can be linked to autoimmunity against TGM1. This backward method demonstrates ...
Dec 14, 2021
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Neuroscience
Sunshine may shield children, young adults from MS
Living in sunny locations and spending time outdoors may raise the risk for skin cancer, but a new study led by UC San Francisco and the Australian National University shows that in children and young adults, sun exposure ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Thyroid conditions may affect ovaries' egg reserves
Thyroid hormones are important for ovarian health and fertility, but the effects of low thyroid hormone levels (hypothyroidism) and thyroid autoimmune diseases on the functioning of a woman's ovaries are not fully understood. ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery of stem-like T cell in type 1 diabetes can potentially improve cancer immunotherapy
To an immunologist, autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes are the polar opposite of cancer. In the former, the immune system goes into overdrive and attacks the body's own organs in a relentless manner, eventually causing ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How Roquin controls the activity of immune cells
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) immunologists have discovered how mutations in Roquin-1 trigger autoimmunity, but can also improve the body's fight against cancer cells.
Nov 26, 2021
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Immunology
Immune cell receptor and ligand regulation: A therapeutic avenue for inflammatory diseases
Immune cells play a key role in mediating inflammatory responses. Dysregulation in signaling mechanisms that operate across immune cells can trigger chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis that cause pain ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Black people with systemic sclerosis may have more severe disease, worse prognosis
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that Black people living with systemic sclerosis may have more severe disease and worse prognosis than patients ...
Nov 2, 2021
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