Scientists have identified a biological ‘switch’ that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells. This discovery ...

Autoimmune disease hair loss can happen with alopecia areata, lupus, thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and scalp psoriasis. Each disease has different effects, ...

The human body operates like a finely tuned orchestra, with each system playing its part in perfect harmony. However, sometimes this delicate balance breaks down in ways that can leave people ...

Your immune system was supposed to protect you from threats, but sometimes it gets confused about what counts as an enemy and starts attacking your own healthy tissues. This internal betrayal happens ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the joints. Specifically, the immune system is attacking the body’s own tissues thinking they are pathogenic or deleterious. It ...

Regulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via Flickr Every day, your immune system ...

Researchers engineered immune cells that protect insulin-producing cell transplants, bringing scientists closer to a cure for ...

Nipah virus is among the deadliest zoonotic infections known to humans, with fatality rates ranging from 40 to 75 per cent in reported outbreaks. What makes the virus especially dangerous is not just ...

Researchers are developing a two-part therapy for type 1 diabetes: lab-made insulin-producing cells paired with ...

They may help reduce your risk of various chronic diseases.