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Autoimmune diseases are caused by a faulty immune system attacking the body’s own cells. There is no cure, but there are treatments to help manage the symptoms and improve quality of life. Here’s the latest from STAT on the topic.

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Biotech Jonathan Wosen and Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Amgen scores late-stage trial success for eczema and myasthenia gravis treatments, but faces stiff competition

Pharma Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: FDA approves Roche’s injectable version of blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: RayzeBio, Dice alums raise $370 million for new autoimmune startup

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Study of gender-affirming care reveals immune system sex differences

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Biotech led by J&J veterans launches with $165 million for cancer, autoimmune therapies

Health Isabella Cueto

Researchers identify ‘molecular switch’ in lupus that could stymie harmful immune response

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: AltruBio raises $225 million to develop ulcerative colitis drug and other immune checkpoint enhancers

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

Cell therapy fails to slow early type 1 diabetes, but safety is established

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Living With Isabella Cueto

After years of just ‘running, running,’ a crisis led to a lupus diagnosis. Now she connects others

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Clues from mice could help explain why women face a higher risk of autoimmune disorders

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Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: Cour Pharmaceuticals, a biotech taking aim at autoimmune diseases, raises $105 million

Living With Isabella Cueto

A medical student was isolated by an autoimmune disorder. Poetry was a way out

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Ventyx stock craters after lackluster mid-stage trial results for psoriasis drug

Health Isabella Cueto

A needle-free anaphylaxis treatment runs into an FDA roadblock

Health Isabella Cueto

Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor

Health Isabella Cueto

Celiac study examines precisely how gluten triggers injury to intestine

Living With Isabella Cueto

An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner’s illness, and her own

Pharma Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences, maker of autoimmune drugs, for $10.8 billion

Living With Isabella Cueto

When confronted with mysterious illness in college, ‘Chronically Catherine’ started writing

Health Isabella Cueto

New lupus partnership with FDA aims to end drug trials’ history of failure

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

‘That is my dream’: Scientist who uncovered likely leading cause of MS wants to tackle ALS next

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: First non-immunosuppressive drug approved for a rare and deadly kidney disease

In the Lab Jonathan Wosen

Study offers a genetic explanation for why some drugs trigger a deadly brain disease

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Following your gut: How scientists are getting closer to linking the microbiome and chronic diseases

Health Brittany Trang

Black Death may have influenced evolution of genes involved in immune responses, study finds

Health Isabella Cueto

Borrowing CAR-T tool from cancer therapy, lupus patients go into remission

Health Isabella Cueto

Girl’s case of lupus leads to new understanding of a perplexing disease