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Immune system

An illustration of Guillain-Barr茅 syndrome, which occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty sleeve that surrounds nerves (orange) and the fibres extending from peripheral nerves (blue), located outside the brain and spinal cord

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First-of-kind Guillain-Barr茅 drug switches off part of immune system

A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barr茅 syndrome may be the first targeted therapy approved for the autoimmune condition

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Your body changes as you age and so should your diet 鈥� here鈥檚 how聽

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Ovary identity shift after menopause may contribute to inflammation

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We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions

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Can we 鈥榲accinate鈥� ourselves against stress?

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How autoimmune conditions can unexpectedly drive mental illness

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Illustration of a CAR T cell with an implanted gene strain, which makes up the genetic modification process required for it to fight rogue cells in the body

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CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to ‘perfectly fine’

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Vitiligo skin pigmentation on the hands of woman

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Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

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This virus infects most of us 鈥� but why do only some get very ill?

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The inflamed parts of the man's tattoo containing red ink

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Red tattoo ink causes man to lose all his hair and stop sweating

A man鈥檚 severe reaction to a tattoo, which made all his hair fall out and destroyed his sweat glands, has reignited concerns about the immune effects of some tattoo inks

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You can upgrade your immune system, but not in the way you think

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Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system

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Cold-water swimming has benefits for the brain as well as the body

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Women have supercharged immune systems and we now know why

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