Blau syndrome is an extremely rare autoimmune disease estimated to occur in fewer than one in a million people. Patients begin to show symptoms before the age of 4, and the symptoms will progress to cause serious complications such as blindness and joint immobility. A new study by CiRA scientists…
Research shows mRNA vaccination is safe and effective, even with chronic inflammatory diseases
Chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatic diseases, psoriasis or chronic inflammatory bowel diseases are autoimmune diseases in which the immune system targets the body. This leads to misdirected inflammations in the body which flare up repeatedly. Many of these diseases are therefore kept under control with immunosuppressive therapy, i.e. a…
Back and forth over Astrazeneca's COVID-19 statement an 'unforced error' – Fauci
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a medical center in Champigny, near Paris, as France’s decision to suspend temporarily the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was taken in co-ordination with other European countries, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesWASHINGTON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine is likely…
Cancer immunotherapy may also treat certain autoimmune diseases
A team of researchers has found disrupting the interaction between cancer cells and certain immune cells is more effective at killing cancer cells than current immunotherapy treatments. The findings, which include studies in cell lines and animal models, appeared in JCI Insight and focus on a protein called CD6 as…
No reason for France to reject AstraZeneca vaccine – government spokesman
FILE PHOTO: French Government’s spokesperson Gabriel Attal, wearing a protective face mask, speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesPARIS (Reuters) – There is no reason for France to reject the…
Immune receptor protein could hold key to treatment of autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases are typically caused when the immune system, whose purpose is to deal with foreign threats to the body, incorrectly recognizes the body’s own proteins and cells as threats and activates immune cells to attack them. In the case of rheumatoid arthritis, a well-known autoimmune disease, immune cells erroneously…
Moment has come for new COVID measures in Paris region -PM
FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Jean Castex gestures as he speaks during a press conference on the French government’s current strategy for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Paris, France March 4, 2021. Alain Jocard/Pool via REUTERSPARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Tuesday that the…
Russia reports fewer than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time since October
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a sign outside a vaccination centre in the State Department Store, GUM, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in central Moscow, Russia January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File PhotoMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 9,445 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the first time since…
Mexico's coronavirus death toll rises to 190,923
People wait to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination in Mexico City, Mexico March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos JassoMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Health Ministry on Monday reported 1,877 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country and 319 additional fatalities, bringing the total tally of…
Alaska governor contracts COVID-19, rests at home with mild symptoms
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy was diagnosed with COVID-19 and is resting at home with mild symptoms, his office said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: Governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy, speaks at the 2020 Census kickoff held at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., January 17,…
Coronavirus safety also pushing other diseases into 'hiding,' experts say
Researchers find less than 1% coronavirus infection rate at North Carolina day camps Emily D’Agostino, assistant professor in Duke’s Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, with insight. COVID-19 put not just humanity into quarantine, but also every other transmittable disease. As an unintended result of social distancing precautions enacted…