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fromNews Center
1 week ago

Understanding Mechanisms of Rare Inflammatory Autoantibodies - News Center

Investigators identified C4b-binding protein as a missing cofactor for autoantibodies linked to blood clots and pregnancy complications.
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fromWIRED
5 months ago

Scientist Who Was Offline 'Living His Best Life' Stunned by Nobel Prize Win

Fred Ramsdell, Mary E. Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize for discoveries revealing peripheral immune tolerance mechanisms.
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fromArs Technica
5 months ago

Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize

Foxp3 is the master regulator of regulatory T cells; mutations cause severe autoimmune disease in mice and humans (scurfy, IPEX).
fromsfist.com
5 months ago

San Francisco-Based Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Medicine

"Their discoveries have been decisive for our understanding of how the immune system functions and why we do not all develop serious autoimmune diseases," said Olle Kampe, chair of the Nobel Committee, in a statement.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to scientists for immune system research

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on peripheral immune tolerance.
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fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
6 months ago

New study builds evidence of immune system's role in ALS

T cells in ALS patients show altered behavior and a shifted inflammatory/anti-inflammatory balance linked to C9orf72, indicating possible autoimmune involvement and treatment targets.
fromNature
9 months ago

Developmental trajectory and evolutionary origin of thymic mimetic cells - Nature

The emergence of somatic diversification of antigen receptor genes necessitated a reorganization of immune systems to prevent fatal autoimmunity linked to random receptor specificities.
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fromPortland Mercury
10 months ago

PSA: Invisible Menace

The source of your watering eyes, your inflamed skin, why you can't breathe as well... is GRASS POLLEN. The most in the country.
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