New technology may be applicable to other autoimmune diseases and allergies Results of a new phase 2 clinical trial using technology developed at Northwestern Medicine show it is possible to... Read more
Unexpected findings show that the body’s own immune system destroys retinal cells. Glaucoma, a disease that afflicts nearly 70 million people worldwide, is something of a mystery despite its... Read more
Parasitic worms aren’t all bad. Parts of the world in which people are still regularly infected by them tend to have lower levels of autoimmune disease. This and other observations hav... Read more
LupuzorTM may become the first specific and non-immunosuppressant therapy for lupus, a disabling autoimmune disease that is currently incurable. Discovered by Sylviane Muller’s team in... Read more
Findings aid antiviral drug discovery Many viral infections, such as the common cold, cause mild illnesses that the body’s immune system eventually defeats. But when viruses cause severe dis... Read more
Cornell engineers have created a functional, synthetic immune organ that produces antibodies and can be controlled in the lab, completely separate from a living organism. The engineer... Read more
Finding could have implications for other autoimmune disorders, such as type I diabetes Scientists from the Gladstone Institutes have discovered a way to prevent the development of multiple... Read more
Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the fight against debilitating autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis by revealing how to stop cells attacking healthy body tissue.... Read more
Their discovery may one day lead to new treatments for many common autoimmune diseases. Researchers at the University of Georgia report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that an enzyme... Read more
Tiny worms could be key to solving Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune ailments There is a new weapon in the fight against autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis,... Read more
Researchers at Lund University have unexpectedly discovered that an old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue. The researchers now have high hopes that their di... Read more
Cells from one’s own blood could be converted into a treatment for autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, based on the discovery of a Purdue Universi... Read more
Infusions of regulatory T cells turn off autoimmune attack on joints Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have demonstrated a new strategy for treating autoimmune disease that successfull... Read more
La Jolla Institute Discovery Points Up This Possibility Researcher finds autoimmune response contributes to inflammation in the artery wall Most people probably know that heart disease remai... Read more
There is evidence that increasing IDO expression can protect transplanted organs and counter autoimmune disease. A DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or drugs direc... Read more
