Immune system disorders in children can involve an underactive, overactive, or misdirected immune response. Main groups include immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, atopic diseases, and ...

An international consortium co-led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center immunogeneticist Rubén Martínez-Barricarte, PhD, has discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and ...

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by ...

Over one fourth of patients with common variable immunodeficiency have allergic diseases, with immunoglobulin E levels linked ...

Representing a group of over 450 rare inherited conditions, Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders (PIDs) are typically characterised by increased susceptibility to infections and dysregulation of the ...

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) describes an inherited genetic condition that affects a person’s immune system. It results in a type of immunodeficiency and causes people to be highly susceptible ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survival rates improved from 72% to 73% before newborn screenings to 87% ...

Skin cancer is typically caused by damage to the skin's cells from ultraviolet radiation. But a recent case study has just shed light on another potential cause: human papillomavirus. Early results ...

In a recent study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers identified type 3 vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) in an infant. Study: Detection of a Highly Divergent Type 3 ...

The cellular glitches underlying a rare genetic disorder called activated PI3K Delta syndrome 2 (APDS2) have been identified. The disorder is caused by genetic variations that disrupt immune cell ...

Immunogeneticists have discovered a new genetic disorder that causes immunodeficiency and profound susceptibility to opportunistic infections including a life-threatening fungal pneumonia. An ...