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Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune Disease: an illness that causes the immune system to produce antibodies that attack normal body tissues. When your body attacks itself, It sees part of your body as a disease and tries to combat it.
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DEC 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 27, 2016Immunology
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) step in to mute the immune system after it has mounted a response against whatever foreign in ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 23, 2016Immunology
A new study identified an important mechanism in the innate immune response against fungal infections, explaining why sp ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2016Immunology
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that primarily affects the skin, but individuals with this disease are at a significa ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2016Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 29, 2016Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2016Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 08, 2016Immunology
Could it be possible to predict the onset of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear? If so, what kind of benefits would ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2016Immunology
Scientists are not quite sure why or how individuals develop scleroderma, and there is no current cure for the autoimmun ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2016Immunology
An important part of a T cell’s immune journey is learning tolerance, which in the world of immunology means the k ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2016Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th ...OCT 31, 2016Immunology
Immune responses can be unequal and misguided, resulting in certain conditions like allergies and autoimmune disorders. ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new drug may lift hopes for many people plagued with a certain type of hair loss. In clinical trials, researchers have ...OCT 19, 2016Immunology
A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs treats autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis as expected, ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 18, 2016Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt ...Written By: Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 27, 2016
Immunology
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) step in to mute the immune system after it has mounted a response against whatever foreign in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 23, 2016
Immunology
A new study identified an important mechanism in the innate immune response against fungal infections, explaining why sp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2016
Immunology
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that primarily affects the skin, but individuals with this disease are at a significa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Immunology
Inflammation is healthy when it’s directed toward pathogenic infections, but it can also cause a dangerous complic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 08, 2016
Immunology
Could it be possible to predict the onset of type 1 diabetes before symptoms appear? If so, what kind of benefits would
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2016
Immunology
Scientists are not quite sure why or how individuals develop scleroderma, and there is no current cure for the autoimmun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2016
Immunology
An important part of a T cell’s immune journey is learning tolerance, which in the world of immunology means the k
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2016
Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th
...
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
Immune responses can be unequal and misguided, resulting in certain conditions like allergies and autoimmune disorders.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new drug may lift hopes for many people plagued with a certain type of hair loss. In clinical trials, researchers have
...
OCT 19, 2016
Immunology
A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs treats autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis as expected,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 18, 2016
Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker