A Longview toddler bravely recovers in Dallas after a bone marrow transplant to treat IPEX syndrome, a rare disorder causing the immune system to attack the body.

A new laboratory method developed by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons may now help physicians more quickly diagnose patients with suspected genetic ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

Former fast bowler Shapoor Zadran passed away at the age of 38 from a rare and potentially fatal immunological disease called ...

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time how Staphylococcus aureus—a leading cause of skin infections—reshapes the immune system's inflammatory responses in children with a rare skin condition.

The blueprint of who we are begins with the genes passed down from our parents. While these inherited traits give us our eye color and height, they can also contain instructions that increase our risk ...

People often use the terms weak immunity and autoimmune disease as if they mean the same thing. However, they are two very different conditions. While both involve the immune system, they affect it in ...