Among the many things columnist Candace Semien had to learn while living with lupus were the types and function of various ...

The cells can be obtained from the umbilical cord, bone marrow, adipose tissue, muscle, and the lungs. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) conducted a Phase 1 clinical trial ...

In men that difference was lesser. Male patients with lupus lived a median of 61 years, and those in the public at large to age 73, a median 12-year difference. While septicemia and hypertension were ...

2. Eat foods rich in calcium Lupus patients may be under medication that can thin their bones as a side effect. Strengthen your bones (and avoid fractures), by eating foods that are high in calcium ...

“We are delighted with the news of the preliminary results of the Phase III confirmatory study of our proprietary novel fusion protein Telitacicept for the treatment of SLE in China,” Jianmin Fang, ...

The modified T-cells are then infused back into the patient’s body. When the T-cells’ CAR binds to CD19 on the patient’s B-cells, it triggers T-cells to attack and kill B-cells. The approach has been ...

So what if, instead of resolving to do more, we commit to doing less? What do I mean by that exactly? Well, at the end of 2024, I was listening to a podcast about reflecting on your achievements from ...

The study, “ VDAC oligomers form mitochondrial pores to release mtDNA fragments and promote lupus-like disease,” was published in the journal Science. Mitochondria are the small compartments in cells ...

Few couples hearing the term “in sickness and in health” at their wedding have thoughts of chronic illness enter their mind. But the reality is, with almost half of the American population dealing ...

TFAM is a protein critical for maintaining the integrity of mitochondrial DNA, and is among the molecules mitochondria release as a stress signal. But the potential role of TFAM in driving SLE-related ...

The machine learning model was tested on 983 patients, who were not part of the initial datasets, to demonstrate that they could be classified into one of the eight endotypes. Each patient is given a ...

That’s why zetomipzomib is expected to have broad anti-inflammatory effects that could be of benefit for various autoimmune diseases, including SLE patients with lupus nephritis, and reduce the need ...