Makayla Skjerva was fully vaccinated against the virus, but she developed serious complications after being exposed to measles at her school ...

My journey has been a long one. I am a paediatric immunologist and principal investigator of a PID research laboratory, and ...

The committee will review select conditions related to the immune system and address diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of those conditions. The select conditions should include but may not be ...

Immune system cells can be engineered outside of the body in a type of therapy called CAR-T. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists are developing ways to sidestep such cell manufacturing with a biodegradable ...

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, ...

Imagine waking up already feeling drained, as if you never slept at all. Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel ...

Something’s shifting in the world of children’s health, and it’s not good news. Autoimmune diseases—those tricky conditions where the body’s immune system turns on itself—are cropping up more often in ...

A bacterially derived natural product inhibits the cellular immune response in a more targeted manner without blocking the cell's disposal system. The so-called immunoproteasome is essential for the ...

Nika Beamon thought she was going to die. The former college athlete always played high-impact sports. Rugby, ice hockey, you name it. Always knocked down but toughing it out. By the time she was a ...