In children’s brain scans, scientists uncovered signs of multiple sclerosis before the kids showed any symptoms of the disease.

A rapid increase in the global incidence of the condition has researchers scrambling to understand the causes of the trend, and cope with the consequences.

A look at how gluten affects patients with celiac disease

SP140, an epigenetic reader protein mutated in a number of autoimmune disorders, is essential for macrophage function and preventing intestinal inflammation, scientists show. 

Female mice lacking an immune receptor are better than males at fighting certain viral infections.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2016 issue of The Scientist.

Training the immune system to cease fire on native tissues could improve outcomes for autoimmune patients, but clinical progress has been slow.

A mouse study suggests a mechanism by which severe infections during pregnancy increase autism risk. 

Researchers identify a subset of proinflammatory cytokine-producing B cells that may spark multiple sclerosis-related inflammation.