Autoimmune disease

...of the diseased B cell looks like, we are in a position to learn more about that type of leukemia." "In the case of lupus, an autoimmune disease where antibodies are produced that recognise self DNA, there seems to be a problem...

In this article: Cancer, Medical advice, Leukemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and Garvan Institute of Medical Research

...Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium...

In this article: Multiple sclerosis, Medical advice, Autoimmunity, Muscle weakness, and Ligand

...the Nov. 24 online issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own defense system attacks myelin, or the protective fatty substance that surrounds nerve fibers...

In this article: Multiple sclerosis and Estrogen

...Lennon, 46, of his theRevolution label. Those two visions have now yielded a third: a song that will raise money to fight the autoimmune disease that killed the woman who had inspired The Beatles'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. The...

In this article: Julian Lennon, Lupus Foundation of America, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, USA Today, and Great Britain

...Sclerosis > Multiple Sclerosis: Facts - Treatments - Cures The illness known as Multiple Sclerosis is commonly thought to be an autoimmune disease that attacks the myelin sheaths in the brain and spinal cords. Multiple Sclerosis...

In this article: Multiple sclerosis, Mitoxantrone, Insulator, Surgery, Angioplasty, Paralysis, and Muscle weakness

...one can fully explain, my own immune system killed off the cells that produce it. That's what Type 1 diabetes is - an autoimmune disease in which your body turns against itself. It's frequently confused with the more prevalent form of...

In this article: Insulin, Type 1 diabetes, Glucose, Sugar, Carbohydrate, Hip hop dance, and Bread

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...cells might get an upper hand and suddenly you're sick as a dog. If they're too overzealous, they attack good cells and you have an autoimmune disease. So naturally, any enterprising bad guy has a powerful advantage if it can disguise itself as...

In this article: Genentech, Culprit, Dog, Ibuprofen, Aspirin, Cyclosporin, Cancer, Ankylosing spondylitis, and Narcotic

...researcher says he has successfully treated scores of patients with multiple sclerosis, which has long been thought to be an autoimmune disease. But Dr. Paolo Zamboni, director of the centre for vascular diseases at the University of...

In this article: Surgery, Vascular surgery, Multiple sclerosis, University of Ferrara, and Toronto

...that make them susceptible to depigmentation. The most widely accepted view is that the depigmentation occurs because vitiligo is an autoimmune disease -- a disease in which a person's immune system reacts against the body's own organs or...

In this article: Pernicious anemia, Vitiligo, Vitamin B-12, Cyanocobalamin, Oxygen, Stomach cancer, Pigmentation disorder, Iron deficiency, H. pylori, and Surgery