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A new approach to study autoimmune diseases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): A team of researchers led by the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Diabetes Center's Scientific Director Decio L. Eizirik, MD, PhD, has found that identifying new treatments for autoimmune diseases requires studying together the immune system AND target
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Study identifies links between atopic dermatitis and autoimmune diseases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): A recent study revealed that individuals with atopic dermatitis or eczema, were more likely to also have various autoimmune diseases, especially those involving the skin, the gastrointestinal tract or the connective tissue.
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Genetically engineered T cells could lead to therapies for autoimmune dise
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): A new study has found that a novel T cell genetically engineered by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers is able to target and attack pathogenic T cells that cause Type 1 diabetes, which could lead to new immunotherapy treatments.
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Study focuses on new insights into a potential target for autoimmune disea
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): Immune response is a balancing act: Too much can lead to inflammatory or autoimmune disease; too little could lead to a serious infection. Regulatory T cells, or Tregs, are important players in striking this balance, acting as "brakes" on the immune respons
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Children who take steroids at increased risk for diabetes, high blood pres
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and blood clots, according to Rutgers researchers.
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New research gives further evidence of autoimmunity's role in Parkinson's
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], April 21 (ANI): A new study has found evidence that Parkinson's disease is partly an autoimmune disease and the autoimmune system of a body plays an important role in the disease's functioning.
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Study reveals half of lupus rashes harbour high levels of bacterial infect
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. Scientists have found one side effect of lupus, that it could also make patients more vulnerable to a skin infection, or sprea
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Study finds a way to treat liver disease
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 (ANI): Patients fighting liver disease could be helped by the discovery of cells that cause liver scarring in their body, researchers have found.
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Study finds why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 20 (ANI): A research conducted on mice discovered that having too much molecular switch called VGLL3, which regulates immune response genes in skin cells, lead to autoimmune diseases.
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A daily dose of baking soda can do wonders!
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 25 (ANI): Seems like, another use has been found for the all-rounder baking soda.
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Cell Therapy brings new fertility hope for women with early menopause
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Cell therapy, a known panacea for several medical conditions-- liver cirrhosis, diabetes, PCOD and autoimmune diseases -- has added early menopause to the list of things it can possibly set right.
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Five natural ways to ease off arthritis pain
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 15 (ANI): Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system -that normally protects its health by attacking foreign substances like bacteria and viruses - mistakenly attacks the joints.
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