Autoimmune Diseases

Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on HIV Vaccine ... (National Institutes of Health)

16 May 2008

Twenty-five years ago this month, researchers reported the isolation of the virus that causes AIDS. Since then, over 60 million people have been infected with HIV — an estimated 2.5 million in 2007 alone — numbers that remind us that the development of an HIV vaccine is an urgent humanitarian imperative.

Researchers Close In On Possible Cause Of Autoimmune Liver Disease (Medical News Today)

16 May 2008

A bacteria commonly found in soil and water triggered autoimmune symptoms in mice similar to those found in an incurable liver disease called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC).

Roy Pirrung column: Sun best source of much-needed vitamin D (Sheboygan Press)

16 May 2008

Perhaps our ancestors, as far back as prehistoric times, were unaware that their lifestyle protected them from many of the diseases now prevalent.