Are autoimmune diseases fatal? Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system ...

A genetics‑guided drug, compound 6, targets CARD9 to subtly calm gut inflammation in Crohn’s disease, pointing to safer, ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that leverages the immune system to combat diseases, ...

A team of leading clinical research scientists from the Departments of Psychiatry and Dermatology at the Icahn School of ...

Receptors on B and T cells hint at what the immune system is targeting. An AI approach called Mal-ID developed increases diagnostic accuracy, particularly for autoimmune diseases. Your immune system ...

Rare diseases suffer from a myriad of challenges, including misdiagnosis, no diagnosis, or lack of appropriate treatments. The NIH estimates that ~10,000 rare diseases are affecting ~ 30 million ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led by researchers at Helmholtz Munich, with participation from Ludwig ...

Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the ...

Immune system disorders in children include primary (inherited) and secondary (acquired) immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, atopic diseases, and immune-mediated inflammatory disorders. Share on ...

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 ...

When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in "low power" mode to preserve immune function ...

Groundbreaking study led by Weizmann Institute of Science and Hadassah AIDS Center scientists paves the way for new medical ...