I would have told you this wasn’t possible, absolutely not,” an immunologist said. “Today, I can say that it will happen. No ...

Patients with systemic sclerosis or Sjögren's syndrome suffer from various inflammatory reactions triggered by the body's own ...

Parkinson's disease is best known for its effects on the central nervous system. In addition, recent scientific advances ...

Neurological autoimmune diseases cause your immune system to attack your central or peripheral nervous systems. Multiple sclerosis is the most common and well-known, but several of these ...

Autoimmune diseases are conditions in which your immune ... surrounding nerve cells (myelin sheath) in your central nervous system. Damage to the myelin sheath slows the transmission speed of ...

Sunshine may hold healing rays for a variety of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Scientists are turning this ...

Researchers have identified a form of B12 deficiency caused by autoantibodies that specifically affects the central nervous system ... "yet another example of a disease where antibodies getting ...

As a stand-alone condition, "ataxia is a degenerative disease of the nervous system," explains Andrew ... "can have many causes including cancer, autoimmune diseases, degenerative brain ...

“This research unveils a previously unrecognized complexity in how sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system ... immune information, offering potential new avenues to diagnose and treat ...

Currently, autoimmune diseases are usually treated with drugs that suppress the immune system. Some of these drugs are given by infusion, and can cost tens of thousands of dollars a year.