New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing that celiac disease may be driven not just by an overactive immune system, but by subtle defects in how immune cells function.
HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave.
Our genomes contain hundreds of genes with antiviral jobs that are called into action when a virus succeeds in infecting one of our cells. By acting cooperatively, these genes provide defense against a wide range of viruses, comprising what scientists …
LRBA deficiency has long been viewed primarily as an immune disorder, but researchers at Science Tokyo have found that the condition may also impair urinary concentrating ability. Using patient registry data from 43 individuals, mouse models and protei…
Australian guidelines recommending eggs be introduced into a child’s diet in the first year of life have seen the number of children with egg allergy drop by 17%, researchers have found.
For millions of people around the world, pollen season means weeks of sneezing, itchy eyes, and a blocked or runny nose. The timing varies depending on where you live and which plants are in flower, but grass pollen is one of the most common triggers.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR-T, has transformed treatment for blood cancers. The immunotherapy involves reprogramming a patient’s own immune cells to recognize and attack tumor cells. It offers many patients long-lasting remission a…
A group of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has recently developed a new stem cell therapy with a remarkable ability to reverse new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) in a mouse model of the disease. The work is published in the …
A combination of two widely available anti-rheumatic drugs offers the first effective and affordable treatment for patients with Sjögren’s disease with systemic disease activity, according to new results from a clinical trial coordinated by UMC Utrecht…
Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, supercharges a critical class of immune cells that activate and prepare the body’s key cancer-fighters, according to new UCLA research.
