News tagged with autoimmune disorders
Related topics: autoimmune diseases , rheumatoid arthritis , immune system , type 1 diabetes , immune cells
Multiple sclerosis successfully reversed in animals
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) completely reverses the devastating autoimmune disorder in mice, and might work exactly the same way in humans, say researchers at ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Scientists discover molecular secrets of 2,000-year-old Chinese herbal remedy
For roughly two thousand years, Chinese herbalists have treated Malaria using a root extract, commonly known as Chang Shan, from a type of hydrangea that grows in Tibet and Nepal. More recent studies suggest that halofuginone, ...
Feb 12, 2012 |
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Discovery of cellular 'switch' may provide new means of triggering cell death, treating disease
A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2010 |
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'Nanovaccine' reverses type 1 diabetes in mice
A new study, published online April 8 by Cell Press in the journal Immunity, describes a unique therapeutic "nanovaccine" that successfully reverses diabetes in a mouse model of the disease. In addition to providing new in ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Gluten-free diets help many
For 20 years, Maurie Ange of El Cerrito, Calif., suffered from chronic belly aches. A decade ago, she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and told to exercise more and increase her fiber intake. But the pain, bloating ...
May 22, 2009 |
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Low levels of vitamin D linked to muscle fat, decreased strength in young people
There's an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjec ...
Mar 05, 2010 |
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Scientists pinpoint critical molecule to celiac disease, possibly other autoimmune disorders
It was nine years ago that University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers discovered that a mysterious human protein called zonulin played a critical role in celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders, such as multiple ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Surprising find may yield new avenue of treatment for painful herniated discs
An immune cell known to cause chronic inflammation in autoimmune disorders has been identified as a possible culprit in low back pain associated with herniated discs, according to doctors at Duke University Medical Center.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Gender and hygiene: Could cleanliness be hurting girls?
Little girls growing up in western society are expected to be neat and tidy – "all ribbon and curls" – and one researcher who studies science and gender differences thinks that emphasis may contribute to higher ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Newly Discovered Protein Function Linked to Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- UA researchers participated in the discovery of an unexpected role played by a protein molecule, making it a candidate for a biomarker or drug target for breast cancer.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you
If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Study: Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids
Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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How arthritis thrives
The links between autoimmune diseases, infections, genetics and the environment are complex and mysterious. Why are people who live near airports more susceptible to autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus? ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Update presented on disease in pork plant workers
More than a year after developing a unique neurological disorder, the affected pork processing plant workers have improved, but all have some continuing symptoms and many have ongoing mild pain, according to a study released ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Rare variants in gene coding may up risk of autoimmune disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rare variants in the gene coding of an enzyme that controls the activity of a key immune cell occur more often in people with autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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