Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward ...

A team from Scripps Research has found a molecular cause of a group of rare autoimmune disorders in which the immune system attacks the body's healthy cells. The discovery, published Dec. 18 in Nature ...

Chronic inflammation can silently drive autoimmune diseases and long-term damage. Doctors explain how immunity turns against ...

New findings reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts and explain why they are not found in many bacteria. New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how ...

Scientists have revealed a novel mechanism through which the immune system controls autoimmunity and cancer. In the special focus of the researchers were regulatory T cells -- a type of white blood ...

Under normal conditions, cytokines aid in pathogen recognition and elimination while contributing to immune system ...

Private rheumatologist Dr Anandita Santosa in Singapore notes how current AI in healthcare priorities practically leave ...

A study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has discovered a molecule in the lymphatic system that has the potential to play a role in autoimmune disease. The study, "Lymph node ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases involve an immune system attack on the central or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known of these conditions, but ...

In 1962, Melvin Kaplan released his revolutionary article describing a case of an 11-year-old boy who died of heart failure due to rheumatic fever. Pathology revealed immunoglobulin deposits in the ...

New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts and explain why they are not found in many bacteria. CRISPR-Cas is an immune ...