A patient with three different autoimmune diseases has entered complete remission after undergoing an experimental treatment ...

For decades, the standard explanation for autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis has rested on two pillars: inherited ...

Four out of every five people diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in the United States are women. That statistic sits at the ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...

A CAR-T cell therapy has successfully treated not one, not two, but three different autoimmune diseases at once in a patient, ...

What causes autoimmune disease? A new study finds that somatic mutations in immune checkpoint genes like PDL1 trigger the ...

Fourteen months after treatment with engineered immune cells, the recipient has no symptoms and doesn’t need to take ...

Autoimmune diseases arise from complex interactions between genetic predisposition and environmental factors. In recent years, growing evidence has highlighted the pivotal role of environmental ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. But autoimmune disease hair loss can also happen. Your immune system is meant to keep you healthy ...

The immune system is designed to protect us against viruses and bacteria. In autoimmune diseases, however, the immune system instead attacks the body's own cells. Conditions such as systemic lupus ...

The immune system is responsible for safeguarding the body from external and internal dangers. It does this, for the most part, by targeting and eliminating perceived threats ranging from invading ...