“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 ...

ANSWER: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections (especially viruses) or autoimmune reactions, including antibody-mediated encephalitis.

Arsenic toxicity is an uncommon and frequently underrecognized cause of subacute encephalopathy. Diagnosis requires careful integration of exposure history, clinical findings, and laboratory testing, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moleculera Labs, Inc., a precision medicine, autoimmune neurobiology company, today announced the online publication of a study in the Journal of Neuroimmunology ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...

Dr. Sukhvir Wright at Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment (IHN), and honorary consultant neurologist at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH), has been awarded a £3.4m Career ...

BALTIMORE — The anti-interleukin-6 (IL-6) antibody drug tocilizumab shows efficacy in the treatment of patients with autoimmune limbic encephalitis (ALE) who do not respond to rituximab, new research ...

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 ...

Mia Lucas was found dead at the Becton Centre at Sheffield Children's Hospital on 30 January 2024.