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

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. What are called autoimmune diseases can ...

Eleven patients with refractory autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) were all brought into drug-free remission with CAR T-cell ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss. Your immune system is meant to keep ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases -- by reprogramming patients' out-of-whack immune ...

Autoimmune diseases attack different parts of the body and decrease its ability to fight invaders, causing vulnerability to ...

Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devasting autoimmune disease affecting the brain.

Atara Biotherapeutics is a biotech company developing allogeneic EBV T cells for oncology and autoimmune indications, with a world-first allogeneic T-cell approval in Europe and nearing FDA approval.

Following the FDA approval of rilzabrutinib (Wayrilz; Sanofi) for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a rare autoimmune disorder, David Kuter, MD, DPhil, highlights the most pressing a ...

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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. What are called autoimmune diseases can ...