CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » immune system http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Lupus Research Investigator Says Breakthrough Holds Potential For New Treatment To Quiet Lupus http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:44:41 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=176 Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have identified a new type of cell in mice that dampens the immune system and protects the animal’s own cells from immune system attack.

This “suppressor” cell reduces the production of harmful antibodies that can drive lupus and other autoimmune diseases in which the immune system mistakenly [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/lupus-research-investigator-says-breakthrough-holds-potential-for-new-treatment-to-quiet-lupus/feed/ 0 Optimism can boost your immune system http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:30:16 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=125 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/feed/ 0