The immune system is made up of different types of cells, which have different roles in protecting the body from infection. One type of immune cell called a B cell creates antibodies that attack ...

CAR cell therapy is a new type of therapy that has been used in cancer and is now in development for potential treatment of lupus and other autoimmune diseases. CAR cell therapies carry a modified ...

Early studies show CAR T-cell therapy could help people with severe lupus reach remission. Here’s what researchers are learning about this emerging treatment. TULSA, Okla. - Lupus affects an estimated ...

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the new Targeted Research Program on Engineered Cell Therapies for Lupus (TRP-ECT) to support the development and ...

If you live in the United States, odds are high that a tiny passenger rides in your blood. By adulthood, more than 94 percent of people carry Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, a germ that often spreads ...

In the 13 th century, unusual skin lesions resembling wolf bites led to the term "lupus," meaning "wolf" in Latin. These symptoms also took the form of a butterfly across the face and to other parts ...

Urinary afamin and an immune biomarker model both show potential for distinguishing lupus nephritis. Urinary afamin, circulating immune cell ratios, and antimitochondrial antibodies each demonstrate ...

The human immune system is incredibly complex, and healthy immune systems must be able to ignore cells of the self while also rapidly responding to pathogens that are detected in the body; that ...