Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children born to mothers, not fathers, with primary antibody immunodeficiencies had greater risks for certain ...

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 ...

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDDs)—now more commonly called inborn errors of immunity (IEI)—are rare genetic disorders that cause at least one part of the immune system to malfunction. Though ...

Like their causative mutations, pathophysiology and natural history, the clinical presentation of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) varies widely. Nevertheless, some features, above all recurrent and/or ...

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 ...

Primary immunodeficiency can increase your risk of many other health issues, so managing it is key to staying healthy. See how well you’re doing, and get simple steps for improving your immunity. It's ...

As humans, we’ve been living alongside viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other pathogens for as long as we’ve existed—and we’ve developed pretty hardy immune systems to deal with them. Unfortunately, in ...

Primary immunodeficiency (PI) not only increases your risk of frequent and serious infections, but can also make you more likely to develop autoimmune diseases — conditions where the immune system ...

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 ...

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 ...