Myofibrillar myopathy type 6 (MFM6) is a rare genetic muscle disorder that leads to severe muscle weakness and a drastically shortened life expectancy due to a disruption in muscle protein regulation.

ABSTRACT: Immunoglobulins (IG) are essential in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, although their adverse effects may force treatment withdrawal. We describe the case of a patient with ...

When Talaya Reid was in high school, in a quiet suburb of Philadelphia, she developed fatigue so severe that she spent afternoons napping instead of going out with friends. She was lethargic at school ...

You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. But autoimmune disease hair loss can also happen. Your immune system is meant to keep you healthy ...

For more than a decade, CAR-T therapy has been the miracle of oncology, turning end-stage blood cancers into curable diseases. But the application of these engineered cell therapies is expanding to ...

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab is partnering with Repertoire Immune Medicines in a deal worth up to $1.93 billion to develop therapies for multiple autoimmune diseases, ...

Native American patients showed a higher prevalence and incidence of statin-associated immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy compared with non-Native individuals. Statin-associated immune-mediated ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. What are called autoimmune diseases can ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients' out-of-whack immune ...