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How a Decade of Research Is Helping Lupus Patients
November 4, 2010 — Today, individuals with lupus nephritis benefit from better treatments than a decade ago, according to a new review. The article suggests that patients with the disease can now live full lives ... > full story -
Discovery of a Cell That Suppresses the Immune System
October 4, 2010 — Researchers have identified a new type of cell in mice that dampens the immune system and protects the animal's own cells from immune system ... > full story -
Biomarker Panel Identifies Prostate Cancer With 90 Percent Accuracy
September 28, 2010 — Researchers in England say they have discovered a set of biomarkers that can distinguish prostate cancer from benign prostate disease and healthy tissue with 90 percent accuracy. This preliminary ... > full story -
Abatacept Found Ineffective in Treatment of Non-Life Threatening Lupus, Trial Results Show
September 28, 2010 — Results from a 12-month multi-center clinical trial did not show therapeutic benefit of abatacept over placebo in patients with non-life threatening systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Abatacept ... > full story -
Discovery Highlights Promise of New Immune System-Based Therapies
September 15, 2010 — A new focus on the immune system's ability to both unleash and restrain its attack on disease has led scientists to identify cells in mice that prevent the immune system from attacking the animals' ... > full story -
Possible Risk Gene for Schizophrenia Uncovered
September 14, 2010 — Researchers have identified a risk gene for schizophrenia, including a potentially causative mutation, using genome-wide association data-mining techniques and independent ... > full story -
Molecular Gatekeeper of Arthritis Identified: Removal of Key Protein Leads to Initiation of Disease
September 8, 2010 — Elimination of a molecular gatekeeper leads to the development of arthritis in mice, scientists report. The newly discovered gatekeeper is a protein that determines the fate -- survival or death -- ... > full story -
Increased Risk for Lupus in Men With Certain Form of Immune Receptor
September 2, 2010 — Humans -- males in particular -- with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor 7" are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease lupus. This finding offers renewed ... > full story -
Vitamin D Found to Influence Over 200 Genes, Highlighting Links to Disease
August 23, 2010 — The extent to which vitamin D deficiency may increase susceptibility to a wide range of diseases is dramatically highlighted in newly published research. Scientists have mapped the points at which ... > full story -
Genetic Variation Linked to Lupus in Asian Men Identified
August 23, 2010 — Researchers have found that a variation in a gene on the sex chromosome X may enhance an immune response that leads to lupus in ... > full story
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