Autoimmunity News

Friday, April 09, 2010 Vaccine Successfully Reverse Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
Researchers believe the vaccine may be applicable to other autoimmune disease, such as RA and MS...

Friday, April 02, 2010 Spotlight on Sjögren's Syndrome
As many as 4 million Americans are affected by the autoimmune disorder, but most suffer from symptoms for 3 or more years before receiving an accurate diagnosis...

Thursday, April 01, 2010 ACR Partners with HHS for Lupus Initiative
The American College of Rheumatology will work in conjunction with the US Dept. of Health and Human Services' Offices of Minority Health, Women's Health, and the Surgeon General to launch an educational initiative on lupus diagnosis and treatment...

Thursday, November 12, 2009 TNF Inhibitors Do Not Raise Cancer Risk
No increased cancer risk was seen during the first 6 years of anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis...

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Joan T. Merrill, MD, Answers Your Top Five Questions About Benlysta and Lupus
Benlysta™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B^®) is poised to be the first new lupus drug approved in 50 years...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Uncertain Future for Schering RA Nose Spray
Intranasal immunotherapy with HC gp-39 was safe but produced no clinical benefits in a randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study in RA patients...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Bug Spray Linked to RA, Lupus
Startling new data from ACR suggest that household insecticide use increases women's risk of two autoimmune diseases...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Benlysta May Be the First New Lupus Drug in 50 Years
Benlysta™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B^®) is poised to be the first new lupus drug in 50 years...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Infliximab Plus MTX for JIA
Infliximab plus methotrexate (MTX) bests combinations of traditional disease modifying drugs and/or MTX alone for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Research Breakthrough: Common Retrovirus May Cause CFS
Two-thirds of chronic fatigue syndrome patients carry xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) in their blood...