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Researchers give more insight into development of lupus in females
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
For many years, healthcare professionals have known that lupus, an autoimmune disease, affects women nine times more than males. Some of the variables that contribute to the disease's high incidence in women have remained unknown, but Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found answers in
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Obinutuzumab trial yields promising outcomes in patients with lupus nephri
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers discovered that obinutuzumab, an antibody that targets a protein expressed on certain immune cells, was superior to placebo in preserving kidney function and preventing flares in patients with lupus nephritis - a kidney condition associated with the autoimmune disease lupus.
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Researchers find new approach for treating autoimmune brain inflammation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin and DZNE have developed a cutting-edge therapy for the most prevalent kind of autoimmune encephalitis. Reprogramming white blood cells to identify and eradicate disease-causing cells is an innovative strategy that provides unprecedented a
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Study investigates kidney illness using sophisticated imaging techniques
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Professors of biomedical engineering report that the potent imaging mass cytometry (IMC) has been used for the first time to examine the kidneys of patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus), an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs and be fatal, and to detect lupus neph
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Study uses powerful imaging technology to investigate renal disease
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The powerful imaging mass cytometry (IMC) has been used for the first time to examine the kidneys of patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus), an autoimmune condition that can affect multiple organs and be fatal, and to identify lupus nephritis (LN) in those patients, according to
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Study links common cold virus to potentially fatal blood clotting disorder
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Thrombocytes, another name for platelets, are specialised cellular fragments that form blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Thrombocytopenia, is a condition recognised as decreased platelet levels throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease
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Common cold virus linked to potentially lethal blood clotting disorder: St
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are specialised cellular fragments that produce blood clots in the event of a scrape or traumatic injury. Platelet levels may decrease throughout the body as a result of viral infections, autoimmune disease, and other disorders, a condition known as thr
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Thymus plays an important role in cancer prevention: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the thymus is important for adult health in general, as well as preventing cancer and possibly autoimmune disease.
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Thymus is important for adult health, preventing cancer, finds study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found evidence that the thymus is important for adult health in general, as well as for preventing cancer and possibly autoimmune disease.
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People with long-term autoimmune disorders exhibit "startling" levels of c
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent study from the University of Cambridge and King's College London, more than half of patients with auto-immune disorders have mental health issues including sadness or anxiety, however, the majority are seldom or never queried in the clinic about mental health symptoms.
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Monitoring T cells might allow prevention of type 1 diabetes: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Scripps Scientists have discovered that analysing a certain type of immune cell in the blood can help identify people at risk of developing type 1 diabetes, a fatal autoimmune illness. If the new approach is verified in future research, it might be used to select potential people for treatme
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Study provides new insights into opposite effects of RNase treatment
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Multiple organ inflammation is a hallmark of systemic autoimmune disorders, which can have disastrous effects on patients. Treatments for these disorders are desperately needed. In some clinical trials, RNase therapies appear promising, but not in all. The causes of this variability have bee
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