Scientists are making progress in understanding and treating these disorders, which can go unrecognized for years.

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues.

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other ...

Hopkins researchers Maximilian Konig and Jordan Green talk with 'The Associated Press' about their research to alter ...

Type 1.5 diabetes isn’t a myth. It shares features of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes — it develops in adults, like Type 2, ...

What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — even the brain — and tens of millions of people. While most common in women, these diseases can strike anyone, adults ...

Today, a new approach is giving patients and their physicians reason to hope. Moffitt Cancer Center has expanded its ...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune condition in which the body's ...

Sometimes, the immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune ...

This debilitating brain disease is rare. But its early symptoms are often mistaken for anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue ...

Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New ...