Scientists have uncovered a critical piece of the puzzle in autoimmune diseases: a protein that helps release immune response ...

Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells. There are over 80 types, including Type 1 ...

Scientists have identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a ...

When 30-year-old Ella Rhian set off on a dream vacation across Vietnam and Bali, she never imagined a simple meal would alter ...

Your gut health controls your immune system more than you think. Learn how an imbalanced gut can trigger autoimmunity and ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD Type 2 diabetes is not an autoimmune condition, while type 1 diabetes is. Though new ...

Autoimmune diseases, which are estimated to affect more than 15 million people in the US, occur when the body responds to immune-system false alarms and infection-fighting first responders are sent ...

During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens that are expressed by cells of the body.

Now, researchers from Yale have found that a specific bacterium, called Enterococcus gallinarum, can move from the gut to ...

The deal with startup Dren Bio hands Sanofi a so-called myeloid cell engager that would compete with an array of programs ...

Autoimmune diseases make the immune system attack healthy tissues. These can affect organs like kidneys, leading to ...

Culton and Myers stressed the importance of raising awareness about these rare diseases and of getting more physicians and ...