Autoimmunity News

Thursday, November 12, 2009 TNF Inhibitors Do Not Raise Cancer Risk
No increased cancer risk was seen during the first 6 years of anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis...

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Joan T. Merrill, MD, Answers Your Top Five Questions About Benlysta and Lupus
Benlysta™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B^®) is poised to be the first new lupus drug approved in 50 years...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Uncertain Future for Schering RA Nose Spray
Intranasal immunotherapy with HC gp-39 was safe but produced no clinical benefits in a randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study in RA patients...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Bug Spray Linked to RA, Lupus
Startling new data from ACR suggest that household insecticide use increases women's risk of two autoimmune diseases...

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Benlysta May Be the First New Lupus Drug in 50 Years
Benlysta™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B^®) is poised to be the first new lupus drug in 50 years...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Infliximab Plus MTX for JIA
Infliximab plus methotrexate (MTX) bests combinations of traditional disease modifying drugs and/or MTX alone for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Research Breakthrough: Common Retrovirus May Cause CFS
Two-thirds of chronic fatigue syndrome patients carry xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) in their blood...

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Can Surgical Masks Protect You From Flu? Maybe
Surgical masks are nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers...

Wednesday, October 07, 2009 TNF Blockade in SLE? The Plot Thickens
Brief therapy with 4 infusions of infliximab plus azathioprine produces relatively safe, durable improvements in refractory lupus nephritis...

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Sjögren's Smell, Taste Defects Affect QOL
Patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome often experience impaired smell and taste, which affects their quality of life...