A strong immune response doesn’t necessarily mean better protection from infection. The type and timing of immune attacks matter, too.
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More than 90% of adults worldwide are already infected with the Epstein-Barr virus.
The autoimmune disease lupus, which affects mainly women, can have wide-ranging impacts on health and quality of life.
Advances in research and medicine have given doctors helpful tools to assess a person’s individual risk and to help prepare them for pregnancy.
Not only do mitochondria serve as the engine of the cell – they also act as watchtowers for the immune system.
Lupus is two to four times more common among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It’s also tends to be more severe, with higher rates of kidney failure than non-Indigenous people with lupus.
Nightmares and day-time hallucinations often precede lupus flare-ups.
Doctors dismiss patients’ ‘subjective’ symptoms over their ‘objective’ evaluation.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely driven by overuse and misuse of antifungal medications.
As tempting as it is, it is not possible to “supplement” oneself out of a bad lifestyle.
German doctors have reported success in treating patients with severe lupus, using cell treatments like those used for some forms of blood cancer.
The joke that sparked a violent reaction from actor Will Smith at the Oscars centered on his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. A dermatologist explains the causes and treatment for alopecia.
COVID-19 has taken away so much. An immunology researcher describes the good it may leave behind.
Antibodies that go rogue and attack healthy tissue identified in patients with severe COVID.
In the hope of finding a cure for COVID-19, it is easy to get lost in the hype. But chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine should for now be set aside.
With recent calls for their use in combating COVID-19, there are concerns that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine might become unavailable to people who need them.
A drug created to target this gene was found to be effective in treating autoimmune conditions like lupus and psoriasis.
Sjögren’s syndrome has no cure. Here’s how it affects the body and what the future might bring for people with this challenging autoimmune disease.
A new study has provided further proof of a link between stress and auto-immune disorders.
Women have evolved to have stronger immunity than men. But this comes with downsides -
women are more likely to have autoimmune diseases due to their “reactive” immune systems.
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Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Tennessee
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Head, School of Clincial Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University
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Head of Long-Term Conditions Research Group, Primary Care Unit, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
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Rheumatologist and Associate Professor, Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, Monash University
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Professor of Indigenous Genomics, Australian National University
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