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Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity: is the system of immune responses of an organism against its own healthy cells and tissues. Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an "autoimmune disease".
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OCT 23, 2017Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2017Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 26, 2017Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2017Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2017Immunology
Scientists interested in manipulating the immune system, either to suppress autoimmune reactions or to boost anti-cancer ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 04, 2017Immunology
What scientists are calling the B cell “clonal geography” has been the subject of a long project at the Univ ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 02, 2017Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2017Immunology
The vessels of the lymphatic system are similar to those of the circular system in that they cart around cells for use a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2017Immunology
The body can’t make omega-3 fatty acids on its own, which is why nutrition scientists stress the importance of obt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2017Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2017Immunology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, impacts 1.5 million people in the United States, and scientists are st ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2017Immunology
Immune cells all over the body protect native human cells from pathogens like bacteria and viruses, but in the testis, i ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 01, 2017Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2017Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2017Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2017Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 12, 2017Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 10, 2017Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 09, 2017Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 07, 2017Immunology
Thanks to regulatory T cells (Tregs), the immune system is kept in line via a careful system of checks and balanc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2017
Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2017
Immunology
The immune response needs to be just right: not too much, or an autoimmune disease will develop; not too little, or viru
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 26, 2017
Immunology
With no FDA-approved vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat Ebola, those affected rely on the immune system to save them f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has used $20 million to create a consortium of universities that will support a ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2017
Immunology
Scientists interested in manipulating the immune system, either to suppress autoimmune reactions or to boost anti-cancer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 04, 2017
Immunology
What scientists are calling the B cell “clonal geography” has been the subject of a long project at the Univ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 02, 2017
Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 28, 2017
Immunology
The vessels of the lymphatic system are similar to those of the circular system in that they cart around cells for use a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2017
Immunology
The body can’t make omega-3 fatty acids on its own, which is why nutrition scientists stress the importance of obt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2017
Microbiology
Ever heard of PANDAS? No, not the bumbling, black and white bears. PANDAS stands for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatr
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
When an infectious illness sickens multiple people, they often respond in different ways; researchers have shown genes u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cures are extremely rare in medicine, so news that scientists are attempting a functional cure for type 1 diabetes has g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2017
Immunology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, impacts 1.5 million people in the United States, and scientists are st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells all over the body protect native human cells from pathogens like bacteria and viruses, but in the testis, i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2017
Immunology
Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition usually associated with the nervous system, appears to have a connection to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Individuals with type 1 diabetes are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than other other condition. But diab
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 15, 2017
Immunology
Chronic skin disorders are often grouped and studied together although on a molecular level, they are very different. Fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 12, 2017
Immunology
The good news? Scientists discovered a regulatory immune process that wards off “accidental” responses that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 10, 2017
Immunology
A malaria drug, called hydroxycholorquine, prevents Zika virus - even when a mother is already infected - from crossing
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 09, 2017
Immunology
The number of children with allergies seems to grow every year, but children growing up on a farm seem to be exempt from
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 07, 2017
Immunology
Thanks to regulatory T cells (Tregs), the immune system is kept in line via a careful system of checks and balanc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch