An autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, called autoimmune hypothyroidism (AIHT), is the most common autoimmune ...

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

An immune-related gene has now been tied to a rare inherited neurological disorder, revealing an overlooked pathway in the nervous system.

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found evidence that type-1 narcolepsy, a condition known for ...

A new laboratory method developed by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons may now help physicians more quickly diagnose patients with suspected genetic ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

A single treatment with a CRISPR-Cas9 based gene editing therapy is enough to replace the daily medication of patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), a condition characterized by severe, painful ...

To shed light on the possible causal link between type 2 diabetes and autoimmune liver disease, a research team led by Jinlong Liu, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University and ...

AMARILLI, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — March is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month, when health organizations work to raise awareness ...

The world is experiencing a hidden epidemic with kidney disease. More than 850 million people worldwide have some form of ...