Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson’s rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She ...

Another common feature: Patients with a number of autoimmune diseases, especially women, often suffer heart attacks and ...

Researchers at the University of Kansas have discovered a human gene, the protein PARP14, plays a role in regulating ...

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body – and tens of millions of people. While most ...

Lupus, which is difficult to treat and on the rise, is part of the group of autoimmune diseases that affect millions of ...

Commercially available mRNA vaccines against COVID have been shown to train patients’ immune systems to kill cancer cells. Combining these vaccines with standard-of-care immune therapy overwhelms ...

Salk Institute scientists discovered that bile acids in the liver can weaken immune cell function, making immunotherapy less effective against liver cancer. They pinpointed specific bile acids that ...

An experimental gene therapy developed by researchers at UCLA, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital has restored and maintained immune system function in 59 of 62 children born ...

A blood stem cell gene therapy co-developed by UCLA’s Dr. Donald Kohn restored immune function in 59 of 62 children with ADA-SCID, a rare and fatal immune disorder, with no serious complications ...

The mRNA covid-19 vaccines seem to have an unexpected benefit: extending the lives of people being treated for cancers by boosting the effectiveness of immunotherapy. An analysis of the records of ...