MeSH tree: C10.574.781
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a previously hidden immune environment in the thymus that may help drive myasthenia gravis (MG), a chronic autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and fatigue, mainly ...
Aug 17, 2026
0
77
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a label expansion for Vyvgart (efgartigimod alfa-fcab) and Vyvgart Hytrulo (efgartigimod alfa and hyaluronidase-qvfc) for the treatment of adult patients with (gMG). The ...
May 18, 2026
0
8
For females with myasthenia gravis, pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of serious flare-ups of the disease, or new or worsening symptoms, according to a study published in Neurology. For a small percentage ...
May 13, 2026
0
3
In patients with myasthenia gravis, the surgical removal of the thymus gland, called thymectomy, added "quality adjusted life years" to patients and was also cost-effective in comparison to pharmacological treatment alone, ...
Apr 24, 2026
0
4
Patients who developed myocarditis within the first month of receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy were more likely to die of myocarditis, and myocarditis-specific fatality was more common in patients who experienced ...
Apr 21, 2026
0
4
Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, many of which are mutated. If cancer arises from cellular mutation, why don't we all have the disease ...
Mar 25, 2026
0
13
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the connection between nerves and muscles. This attack causes muscle weakness that can affect vision, movement, speech, swallowing, and ...
Feb 20, 2026
0
6
A new study led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and Cartesian Therapeutics, found that immunotherapy can help people with generalized myasthenia gravis, a disease where the body accidentally attacks the cells ...
Jan 28, 2026
0
24
Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devastating autoimmune disease affecting the brain.
Jan 14, 2026
0
22
"My year of unraveling" is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain.
Nov 22, 2025
0
24
