Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified which parts of the immune system go awry and contribute to autoimmune diseases in individuals with Down syndrome.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . van Trotsenburg and Mooij are pediatric endocrinologists at Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A small proportion of children at high genetic risk for type 1 diabetes were positive for thyroid autoantibodies ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas makes little or no insulin. The details on the events that occur during autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic beta-cells have ...

The Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale has awarded grant funding to six innovative research projects that exhibit the potential to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics and to provide new ...

Osaka, Japan – We all know that a strong immune system is a definite advantage. Yet, sometimes, the immune system goes awry and attacks one’s body. This autoimmunity is the cause of various disorders, ...

Researchers found that T cells recognize neoself-antigens -- abnormal, unfolded host proteins presented by major histocompatibility complex II (MHC-II) lacking the invariant chain -- as non-self ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for cancer led to better outcomes in patients with autoimmune diseases than in those without, a cohort study found. A retrospective cohort study analyzed ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IGM Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IGMS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company creating and developing engineered IgM antibodies, today ...