Blood test might someday diagnose early MS
An early marker of multiple sclerosis could help doctors figure out who will eventually fall prey to the degenerative nerve disease, a new study says.
Apr 27, 2024
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: News and Research on Autoantibodies
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Signs of multiple sclerosis show up in blood years before symptoms, study finds
In a discovery that could hasten treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a harbinger in the blood of some people who later went on to develop the disease.
Apr 19, 2024
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Researchers report rare but persistent false positives on COVID-19 home antigen tests
UMass Chan Medical School researchers have documented a phenomenon that had confounded clinicians: Some people persistently test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on rapid home antigen tests despite ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Brain protein's virus-like structure may help explain cancer-induced memory loss
In a rare but serious complication of cancer, the body's own immune system can start attacking the brain, causing rapid-onset memory loss and cognitive deficits. What triggers this sudden biological civil war was largely ...
Jan 31, 2024
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Patients had to lobby for correct diabetes diagnoses: Was their race a reason?
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Positive antiphospholipid antibodies raises cardiovascular disease risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) annual meeting, describes a link between positive antiphospholipid antibodies and an increased risk of future cardiovascular disease in patients ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Researchers identify link between gut bacteria and pre-clinical autoimmunity and aging in rheumatoid arthritis
While the bacteria in the intestine are helpful for digesting food and fighting infections, they have long been suspected to play an essential role in triggering rheumatoid arthritis. This chronic inflammatory disorder affects ...
Oct 9, 2023
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A new perspective on myositis subgrouping using genetics
In a new study from Karolinska Institutet, the researchers found that combining information from blood markers and genetics reveals distinct subgroups of patients with myositis, which may help to improve disease classification ...
Sep 29, 2023
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COVID-19 can trigger auto-immune disorders-related antibodies, causing thrombosis and other complications
An article published in npj Aging reveals that natural production of auto-antibodies increases with age, and that infection by SARS-CoV-2 can exacerbate production of auto-antibodies relating to auto-immune diseases, helping ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Study identifies potential cause of long COVID muscle weakness
University of Malta researchers have discovered a potential cause of the persistent and often debilitating symptoms experienced by long COVID-19 patients. The new study published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—Molecular ...
Aug 16, 2023
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