News tagged with lupus
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Preliminary new blood test to detect Alzheimer's disease uncovered
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer's disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Sex differences determined not simply by gender
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Imperial College London have uncovered an inherent difference in the way the genes of males or females can be "switched off" or silenced in the body's developing immune system. This finding ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Rescue NET for lupus patients
Lupus is a disease where the immune system attacks healthy cells of the body. This leads to progressive damage of different tissues and organs. The classical characteristic of the disease is the so-called ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 03, 2010 |
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Immune cell's role in lupus nephritis demonstrated
National Institutes of Health scientists have discovered that the activation of immune cells called basophils causes kidney damage in a mouse model of lupus nephritis. These findings and the team's associated research in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 01, 2010 |
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New model will open immune cell's secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Five decades after the discovery of a rare but potentially pivotal immune cell, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to eliminate it in mice.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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System to deliver organ transplant drug -- without harmful side effects
A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Researchers uncover biological rationale for why intensive lupus treatment works
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the biological rationale for why large doses of corticosteroids given repeatedly over several weeks may help individuals with lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 26, 2010 |
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New therapeutic approach identified for kidney disease associated with lupus
Investigators have identified a new disease mechanism and therapeutic approach for a type of advanced kidney disease that is a common cause of complications in patients with lupus. The study was led by investigators at Hospital ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Scientists find key culprits in lupus
The more than 1.5 million Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus) suffer from a variety of symptoms that flare and subside, often including painful or swollen joints, extreme fatigue, skin rashes, fever, and ...
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Genomes of identical twins reveal epigenetic changes that may play role in lupus
Identical twins look the same and are nearly genetically identical, but environmental factors and the resulting cellular changes could cause disease in one sibling and not the other. In a study published online in Genome Re ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Gene linked to lupus might explain gender difference in disease risk
In an international human genetic study, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a gene linked to the autoimmune disease lupus, and its location on the X chromosome might help explain why females are ...
Mar 30, 2009 |
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FDA approves first new drug for lupus in 56 years
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first new drug to treat lupus in over 50 years, a milestone that medical experts say could prompt development of other drugs that are even more effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 10, 2011 |
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FDA: Breast implant problems grow with time
Don't expect breast implants to last for life, the government warned Wednesday: About 1 in 5 women who receive them for cosmetic reasons will have them removed within 10 years, and those odds are even higher ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Research uncovers key to understanding cause of lupus
Potentially impacting future diagnosis and treatment of lupus, an immune illness affecting more than 5 million people worldwide, researchers at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 01, 2011 |
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New clue to lupus: Failed autoimmune suppression mechanism
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Cambridge, Mass., in collaboration with Jackson Laboratory scientists, have identified a regulatory defect that drives lupus.
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Feb 03, 2011 |
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