Consider two seemingly unrelated medical puzzles. First: Every day, our bodies produce hundreds of billions of new cells, ...

Researchers have discovered that the immune system produces antibodies that fight triple-negative breast cancer but can also attack the brain. This "Brain on Fire" mechanism explains how successful ...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Although rheumatic diseases must be considered in a differential diagnosis of autoimmune ...

Former Australian athletics champion Tiana Death (pronounced Dee-arthe) has publicly shared her diagnosis of a rare neurological condition, autoimmune encephalitis, two years after she collapsed at ...

"My year of unraveling" is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What's called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

England rugby star Abi Burton opens up on remarkable comeback after life-threatening brain inflammation diagnosis - Abi ...

Sometimes, the immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain. It's called autoimmune encephalitis but one California man dubbed it his “year of unraveling.” Christy ...