Understanding what autoimmune diseases are, what triggers them and how they’re treated can be a powerful first step toward ...

Researchers highlighted the potential long-term consequences of COVID-19 on incident autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders in a recent study. A substantial risk of autoimmune and ...

Drugs that limit the activity of cells called neutrophils could make heart attacks less severe without compromising the ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

For people living with chronic inflammatory diseases, the immune system can feel like a switch that is stuck in the ‘on’ ...

An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type 1 diabetes, hepatitis and multiple sclerosis, shows a new study in mice. In these autoimmune ...

Autoimmune neurological diseases are conditions where the immune system attacks nerve cells. Damage to neuronal cells can lead to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric symptoms. Autoimmune diseases ...

Studies have reported cases of people developing autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. But research is mixed as to whether there’s a link.

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a ...

From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow.