About 80% of those living with autoimmune diseases are women and cases are on the rise. March is Autoimmune Awareness Month, shining a spotlight on the condition that occurs when the immune system ...

Autoimmune disease hair loss can happen with alopecia areata, lupus, thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and scalp psoriasis. Each disease has different effects, ...

A “living drug” was developed as a cancer treatment. Now it is showing promise for conditions, such as lupus and multiple sclerosis, that have long been considered incurable.

Childhood allergies and autoimmune disorders are rising, driven by lifestyle changes, pollution, poor gut health, and reduced early microbe exposure. Experts say an immune imbalance leads to ...

What if the very internal system that is meant to protect us, our body, our organs, starts to turn against us? That's right! With the sharp rise in Autoimmune diseases in the world, launching attacks ...

A life sciences startup led by a former Spark Therapeutics researcher is raising funding to move a rheumatoid arthritis therapy toward clinical trials.

Contemporary PET imaging has transitioned from a metabolic approach largely dominated by [¹⁸F]FDG to a multifaceted molecular platform encompassing a ...

A clinical trial in China testing ICP-538, a treatment candidate for MS and other autoimmune diseases, has dosed its first healthy volunteer.

Immutep has completed the single ascending dose (SAD) portion of its IMP761 study IMP761 was well tolerated across all dose levels IMP761 data and Phase I results will be presented at the EULAR ...

Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s immune system cannot differentiate between cells that are its own and pathogens. Consequently, the body’s immune system attacks itself causing inflammation ...

In this post, I discuss new research on the complicated link between autoimmune diseases and eating disorders. Autoimmune diseases are chronic illnesses in which a host’s immune system fails to ...