Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds healthy-appearing lupus skin predisposed to flares, rashes
People with lupus have overactive immune systems that attack their own tissue, causing inflammation throughout the body.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers discover pathways to severe COVID-19 in children
Researchers have discovered the blood clotting and immune protein pathways that are activated in severe cases of COVID-19 in children, paving the way for earlier diagnosis and more targeted treatments.
May 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Findings open way for personalized multiple sclerosis treatment
Currently available therapies to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) lack precision and can lead to serious side effects. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now developed a method for identifying the immune cells ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Immunology
How one inflammatory disorder exacerbates another
The immune system remembers. Often this memory, primed by past encounters with threats like bacteria or viruses, is an asset. But when that memory is sparked by internal drivers, like chronic inflammation, it can prove detrimental, ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Genetics
Scientists find a genetic cause of lupus
An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA, as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, with the finding paving the way for the development of new treatments.
Apr 27, 2022
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Medications
Promising biologic drug for treating chronic lung disease
NUS scientists have discovered a novel property of a protein found in human lungs that could lead to the development of biologic drugs to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a debilitating, progressive lung ...
Apr 25, 2022
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Medical research
Fungal meningitis spreads by blocking and bursting blood vessels
New research from the University of Sheffield has revealed how fungus blocks and bursts blood vessels in the brain, helping scientists better understand how meningitis starts.
Apr 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A new understanding of how the immune system deals with malaria
By analyzing samples from patients who have been treated for malaria in Sweden, researchers at Karolinska Institutet can now describe how the immune system acts to protect the body after a malaria infection. The results, ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Immunology
New knowledge on lymphoid cell maturity could lead to more effective IBD therapies
A research group at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has analyzed how certain immune cells known as innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) develop into mature cells that play a part in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The findings ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Key signaling pathway in immune cells could be new Alzheimer's target
Inhibiting an important signaling pathway in brain-resident immune cells may calm brain inflammation and thereby slow the disease process in Alzheimer's and some other neurodegenerative diseases, suggests a study by Weill ...
Apr 14, 2022
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