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Penn Researchers Uncover Dose of Medication More Likely to Put Patients with a Rare Autoimmune Disease into Complete Remission

November 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Autoimmune, Dermatology, Penn Medicine

Researchers from Penn compare a lymphoma-dose regimen of rituximab to a rheumatoid arthritis regimen for the treatment of pemphigus.

Research Results

Study: First Evidence of Immune Response Targeting Brain Cells in Autism

October 17, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Autism, Autoimmune, Brain

In a paper published in Annals of Neurology, a physician-scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and colleagues report the presence of cellular features consistent with an immune response targeting specialized brain cells in more than two thirds of autistic brains analyzed postmortem. These cellular characteristics – not previously observed in autism – lend critical new insight into autism’s origins and could pave the way to improved diagnosis and treatment for people with this disorder.

Higher Education Event

AUTOIMMUNE ASSOCIATION HOSTS TWO SIGNATURE EVENTS IN PITTSBURGH:

September 10, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Autoimmune, Autoimmune Advocacy, Autoimmune Disease, Fundraiser, Health & Wellness, walk

The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) partners with AHN Autoimmunity Institute to present a free public forum on autoimmune disease and the inaugural Pittsburgh Autoimmune Walk.