Articles about Autoimmune disease

The mother of all treatments: Mitera lands $1.75M to unlock the immune-tolerance secrets of pregnancy

Mitera Biosciences is emerging from stealth with a mission to develop new drugs for autoimmune diseases and organ transplant rejection. Read More

How a scrappy biotech startup backed by Microsoft’s co-founders set the stage for two Nobel winners

The groundbreaking immunology research behind two Nobel Prizes awarded this week traces back to a largely forgotten biotech startup backed by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Read More

Seattle scientists Mary Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell win Nobel Prize for immunology research

Seattle scientist Mary Brunkow of the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) won a Nobel Prize for research on the immune cells that prevent our body from attacking itself. Read More

Allen Institute launches new immunology division with $125M from its late founder

Billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen died two months ago, but before he passed away, he passed along a $125 million commitment… Read More