Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC warns of potentially fatal bacterial illness on US gulf coast
A potentially deadly germ has made its way to the U.S. Gulf Coast, health officials warned this week.
Jun 2, 2023
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News tagged with autoimmune diseases
Neuroscience
A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia—4 questions answered
A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's ...
May 26, 2023
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Medications
New study: Type 2 diabetes drug could treat autoimmune disorders
Swansea University researchers have found that a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes can potentially be used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders.
May 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple sclerosis: New evidence for the role of Epstein-Barr virus
An estimated 2.8 million people around the world have multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease in which the immune system damages the brain and spinal cord.
May 22, 2023
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Medications
Peresolimab found to be efficacious for rheumatoid arthritis
Peresolimab, a humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody designed to stimulate the endogenous programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitory pathway, is efficacious for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according ...
May 18, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
How intravenous immunoglobulin antibodies resolve joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Immunoglobulin G antibodies (IgB) play an important role as drivers of inflammation in infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. However, if the same immunoglobulin antibodies from the blood plasma of healthy donors are ...
May 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
T cells can activate themselves to fight tumors
When you need a bit of motivation, it often has to come from within. New research suggests cancer-fighting immune cells have found a way to do just that.
May 8, 2023
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Immunology
Study sheds light on how patients with rare, severe immunodeficiency are still able to defend themselves
The first study of humans with a rare immunodeficiency reveals how the immune system protects the body against pathogens known to cause serious diseases, such as tuberculosis and COVID-19. The research involving McGill University, ...
May 8, 2023
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Immunology
Autoimmune disorders found to affect around 1 in 10 people
A new population-based study of 22 million people shows that autoimmune disorders now affect about 1 in 10 individuals. The work, published in The Lancet, also highlights important socioeconomic, seasonal, and regional differences ...
May 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers uncover new details on rare immune disease
In an 11-year study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have further characterized idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL), a rare immune deficiency that leaves people vulnerable to infectious diseases, autoimmune ...
May 3, 2023
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Autoimmune disease
Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body really attacks its own cells. This may be restricted to certain organs (e.g. in thyroiditis) or involve a particular tissue in different places (e.g. Goodpasture's disease which may affect the basement membrane in both the lung and the kidney). The treatment of autoimmune diseases is typically with immunosuppression—medication which decreases the immune response.
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