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Key to new lupus treatment lies in blood: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study suggests that restoring the balance of a protein in the blood could be a promising treatment option for systemic lupus erythematosus, also known as lupus, an untreatable autoimmune disease.
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Researchers find drug effective to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research, patients taking efgartigimod, a medication being tested for use in the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), showed a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts, which are necessary for clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those t
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Researchers find effective drug to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients taking efgartigimod, a drug being studied for use to treat chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), exhibited a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts which are essential to clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those taking a placebo, according to results
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Evidence of autoimmunity's origins uncovered via new approach: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A study supports the idea that some T cells that react to microbes also may react to normal human proteins, causing autoimmune disease. The findings promise to accelerate efforts to improve diagnostic tools and treatments for autoimmune diseases.
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Nanotech strategy shows promise to treat autoimmune disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at Scripps Research have reported success in initial tests of a new, nanotech-based strategy against autoimmune diseases.
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Women's Health: Breakthrough in bacterial vaginosis treatment
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The human microbiome has been a hot topic over the last decade, with research pointing to disrupted bacterial communities as culprits for a host of maladies including irritable bowel syndrome, eczema, and autoimmune diseases. Most studies have focused on the microbiome within the human gut,
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Study: CAR T cell therapy reaches beyond cancer
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Engineered immune cells, known as CAR T cells, have shown the world what personalized immunotherapies can do to fight blood cancers. Now, investigators have reported highly promising early results for CAR T therapy in a small set of patients with the autoimmune disease lupus. Penn Medicine C
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Anifrolumab has shown long-term efficiency in lupus patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Type I interferon (IFN) is a strong immune activator found in high concentrations in the majority of patients with lupus, an autoimmune disease. In Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers report positive results from the first placebo-controlled long-term trial of anifrolumab, a human mon
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Study hints at why older people are more susceptible to the flu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Though the COVID-19 pandemic provided a brief respite, influenza virus is back in circulation and, as usual, poses a special danger to people over the age of 65. But why are older people more susceptible to the flu? New research from the U-M Medical School, published in Nature Communications
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Immune system reboot in Multiple Sclerosis patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study has now examined in detail the way in which the treatment curbs the autoimmune disease and how the immune system regenerates afterward. A better understanding of these mechanisms should
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Researchers discover enzyme inhibitor that can treat cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a small molecule that controls an immune process that is crucial in the development of cancer and autoimmune disorders.
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Chiranjeevi extends support to Samantha after her Myositis diagnosis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
When South sensation Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently opened up about being diagnosed with an autoimmune condition called 'myositis' and posted an update about her medical condition on Instagram, there was an outpouring of support for her.
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