Category: What do we know about autoimmune diseases?

What are autoimmune diseases? Why do they happen? What are the best treatments?

New lab technique improves how we study the microbiome Scientists started out wanting to study how Vitamin A affects our gut flora. They ended up coming up with a new way to count bacteria by encasing them in tiny droplets and tagging each one with DNA “barcodes”, detecting more detail than older techniques could.

Posted on March 10, 2022March 9, 2022 by Tony Jia 499 views

Scientists started out wanting to study how Vitamin A affects our gut flora. They ended up coming up with a new way to count bacteria by…

New treatment for rheumatoid arthritis shows great promise Researchers find that an antibody called m909 is able to eliminate cells causing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis and in many other autoimmune diseases.

Posted on August 24, 2020November 16, 2021 by Pernelle Chan 695 views

The immune system is your body’s personal army of soldiers — when it comes across potentially harmful invaders like viruses and…

Treating autism spectrum disorders with…feces? People with autism spectrum disorders were treated with microbiota transfer therapy, and a follow-up study after 2 years showed improvement in autism-related symptoms.

Posted on February 9, 2020November 16, 2021 by Justina Žvirblytė 381 views

People with autism spectrum disorders were treated with microbiota transfer therapy, and a follow-up study after 2 years showed significant…

Prenatal Inflammation May Affect Brain Development Altered expression of six genes associated with placental indicators of inflammation were found to predict neurocognitive impairment in childhood

Posted on November 22, 2017April 7, 2021 by Nathan Gock 101 views

A normal pregnancy usually lasts around 40 weeks, but births that occur before 37 weeks are defined as being premature. Premature births are…

Short, Tall, or Average: It’s in Your DNA Over 700 different genes have been found to contribute some small amount to your adult height. The rare ones have a bigger impact than the common ones!

Posted on February 12, 2017April 7, 2021 by Gina Misra 2k views

Genes are bundles of DNA that exist in your cells that affect how you look, grow, and age. Since the human genome was fully decoded…