Veena Joy, U.S. Lead for Strategic Partnerships, Allergy and Autoimmunity at Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses the latest in autoimmune disease research and explains why it’s a “good storm,” but not a perfect one.
A scleroderma patient in a Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center trial was recently successfully treated with CAR T-cell lymphoma therapy, in what researchers are calling an “immunological reset.”
Autoimmune diseases, such as vitiligo, celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis, are not tied to aluminum exposure from vaccines, according to a nationwide cohort study of approximately 1.2 million children done in Denmark.
The prevalence of autoimmune disease patients with a mental health disorder is almost twice the number of patients without, suggesting there is a link between inflammation and conditions such as depression, anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder.
Extreme weather leads to autoimmune disease flare-ups, which can cause a loss of refrigerated medication, according to the results of recent research from the Autoimmune Association.