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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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JUN 14, 2017Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 09, 2017Videos
The body produces millions of antibodies, each uniquely designed to target specific pathogens: bacteria, viruses, and ot ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 06, 2017Immunology
A new way to treat - and maybe prevent - type 1 diabetes revolves around protecting beta cells, the cells produce ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2017Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a pathogenic species of bacteria that kills nearly two million people worldwide every ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2017Health & Medicine
A drug that’s been on the market for fifty years in Canada has been used to treat acne, but new research shows tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 23, 2017Immunology
To treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), it’ ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2017Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 14, 2017Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 04, 2017Immunology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists announced an interesting link between a common virus and celiac disease, one of the pernicious gastroint ...MAR 24, 2017Immunology
Antigens produced by the testes that scientists thought were forever withdrawn from the rest of the body actually have c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 22, 2017Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 21, 2017Immunology
The same immune process that protects the immune system from friendly fire by soothing inflammatory reactions and reduci ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2017Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response: ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2017Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 07, 2017Immunology
Researchers are “hijacking” red blood cells because of their ability to flow freely in and out of nearly all ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2017Immunology
Six years ago, researchers from Kobe University discovered a new condition caused by an autoimmune reaction against PIT- ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 27, 2017Immunology
Thanks to the innate immune response, humans have an immediately-acting defense mechanism set in place against invading ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2017Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 23, 2017Immunology
Scientists keep chipping away at the mysteries of the immune system, and this time in a new study published in Nature Co ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 14, 2017
Immunology
Diagnostic tests for a rare autoimmune disease called anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) are unreliable, and trea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
A monoclonal antibody-based drug called SYN0012 is currently being investigated in human clinical trials for the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
The body produces millions of antibodies, each uniquely designed to target specific pathogens: bacteria, viruses, and ot
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2017
Immunology
A new way to treat - and maybe prevent - type 1 diabetes revolves around protecting beta cells, the cells produce
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 05, 2017
Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a pathogenic species of bacteria that kills nearly two million people worldwide every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
A drug that’s been on the market for fifty years in Canada has been used to treat acne, but new research shows tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 23, 2017
Immunology
To treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), it’
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2017
Immunology
The same gene in the brain that codes for a biochemical “self-destruct trigger” in some tissues prote
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2017
Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2017
Immunology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists announced an interesting link between a common virus and celiac disease, one of the pernicious gastroint
...
MAR 24, 2017
Immunology
Antigens produced by the testes that scientists thought were forever withdrawn from the rest of the body actually have c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 21, 2017
Immunology
The same immune process that protects the immune system from friendly fire by soothing inflammatory reactions and reduci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 07, 2017
Immunology
Researchers are “hijacking” red blood cells because of their ability to flow freely in and out of nearly all
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2017
Immunology
Six years ago, researchers from Kobe University discovered a new condition caused by an autoimmune reaction against PIT-
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 27, 2017
Immunology
Thanks to the innate immune response, humans have an immediately-acting defense mechanism set in place against invading
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 23, 2017
Immunology
Scientists keep chipping away at the mysteries of the immune system, and this time in a new study published in Nature Co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker