Category: autoimmune
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STAT+: FDA officials push for long-term monitoring of autoimmune patients receiving CAR-T therapy
STAT+: FDA officials push for long-term monitoring of autoimmune patients receiving CAR-T therapy Food and Drug Administration officials are advising drug developers to study the long-term effects of using CAR-T to treat patients with autoimmune conditions, out of concern the therapies could cause cancer or fertility issues. The recommendations were outlined in an op-ed published…
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Opinion: Drug developers shouldn’t shortchange the autoimmune community
Opinion: Drug developers shouldn’t shortchange the autoimmune community My teenage years were ravaged by severe autoimmune disease. In that era, the burdens of treatment for Crohn’s disease rivaled the misery of the affliction. My illness brought searing stomach pain, fatigue, and fistulas. The steroids my physician prescribed caused breakouts of cystic acne all over my…
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Autoimmune responses found in ALS, pointing to a new way to view the deadly disease
Autoimmune responses found in ALS, pointing to a new way to view the deadly disease Researchers have found that patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have autoimmune responses, a finding with the potential to reshape how scientists think of the devastating and complex neurologic disorder. A team led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology…