Invisible particles in the air are not just irritating our lungs, they are quietly rewiring the immune system that is ...

Picture this: a huge house is being guarded by multiple security guards. Now imagine your body is that house, and the ...

A new type of vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) has shown in the lab setting that it can completely reverse autoimmune ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists in the laboratory of Stephen Miller, Ph.D., professor emeritus of Microbiology–Immunology, have identified the cellular and molecular mechanisms required for the ...

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients contains antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a ...

The next major drugmaker interested in what Repertoire has to offer is Eli Lilly, which has thrown down $85 million upfront and floated up to $1.84 billion more in biobucks to collaborate on potential ...

Researchers have developed an "inverse vaccine" that reverses the damage caused when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy organs and tissues in autoimmune diseases like multiple ...

Autoimmune diseases arise when the immune system mistakenly targets and damages the body’s cells and tissues as though they were foreign invaders. This widespread category of illnesses, such as ...

Autoimmune diseases comprise more than 80 different diseases that have in common a burden on health systems and are of unknown etiology. In general, in most countries, autoimmune diseases affect an ...

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 ...

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a ...