Immune checkpoint inhibitors have reshaped cancer treatment over the past decade, but the same immune activation that shrinks tumors can also turn against healthy tissue, including the brain. A ...

The patient received a diagnosis of myasthenia gravis (MG), then underwent a medical odyssey as physicians attempted to pin down the cause of his neurological symptoms. Myasthenia gravis (MG) and ...

Our immune system has a dark side: It’s supposed to fight off invaders to keep us healthy. But sometimes it turns traitor and attacks our own cells and tissues. New research is raising the prospect of ...

“My year of unraveling” is how a despairing Christy Morrill described nightmarish months when his immune system hijacked his brain. What’s called autoimmune encephalitis attacks the organ that makes ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Ever since I had my son, I tend to worry whenever he gets ill, so I try to educate myself on different viruses and autoimmune disorders. I recently came across encephalitis. What is ...

Helen Edwards initially thought she had flu, but then spent 12 weeks in hospital and was diagnosed with encephalitis.

Source: Tinttrex/Canva Dr. Tom Pollak, Ph.D., MRCPsych, Reader in Immunopsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London ...