Autoimmunity
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
ASU study explores components of the immune system
Unless you are an identical twin, you probably aren’t often mistaken for someone else. Likewise, our own sense of self…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Report highlights the need for an office to support autoimmune disease research across NIH institutes
While the quantity and quality of research that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducts on autoimmune diseases is impressive,…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study finds better immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients with genetic variant linked to autoimmune disease
A variant of the CTLA-4 gene associated with autoimmune disease was found to be more frequent in non-small cell lung…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study provides new understanding of the earliest molecular events in Type 1 Diabetes pathogenesis
For the first time, researchers have revealed that during the development of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), when insulin-producing cells in…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study reveals new way viruses trigger autoimmunity
Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Type 1 diabetes are thought to arise when people with a genetic susceptibility…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
NEI researchers identify unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified, isolated, and characterized a unique population of B cells that tamps…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
$10 million gift helps launch the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn
Thanks to a generous $10 million gift from Stewart and Judy Colton, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientists identify new gene that contributes to type 1 diabetes progression
When the pro-inflammatory pair, a receptor called CCR2 and its ligand CCL-2, get together, it increases the risk of developing…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
NIH begins clinical trial to assess extra COVID-19 vaccine dose in people with autoimmune disease
The National Institutes of Health has begun a clinical trial to assess the antibody response to an extra dose of…
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