Autoimmune Life Blog

A labor of love to honor a much loved man provides funds for type 1 diabetes research at Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI). The annual David J. Fanning Memorial Golf Tournament has raised nearly $200,000 since its inception in 2011.

BRI Associate Investigator Adam Lacy-Hulbert, PhD, and his team of researchers, including Affiliate Investigator Lynda Stuart, MD, PhD, recently joined BRI. They bring new expertise in Inflamatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the basic functioning of the immune system. Dr.

Researchers at BRI have used cutting-edge tetramer technology developed at BRI to find the T cells that drive rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Near the end of her second pregnancy, Katie Cleary noticed pink dots all over her legs. Her doctor said they would go away, but when they became worse after her baby was born, she went to a dermatologist. She was diagnosed with pleva, a skin disease characterized by a recurrent red rash.

Most kids take a backpack to school for their books and lunches. But since they were 4 and 7 years old, Aaron and Justin carry their backpacks everywhere. They are filled with lifesaving medications including epinephrine auto injectors and Benadryl. Aaron also carries an asthma inhaler.

The Immune Tolerance Network’s (ITN) TrialShare Clinical Trials Research Portal has won the National Academy of Sciences Data and Information Challenge. The theme of this year’s competition was “Using Data for the Public Good.”

Have you considered volunteering for a clinical research study, but were unsure if it was something you could do comfortably and confidently?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than a million people worldwide including 15,000 in the Northwest. It affects women twice as often as men. MS is the most common medical cause of neurological disability in young adults ages 20-40. Usually MS happens in multiple attacks.

Biomarkers are key tools for scientists studying autoimmune and other diseases. A biomarker is a measurable characteristic that reflects a normal biological process or disease state.

As a young man, Frank Dvorak had set his sights on a career in aviation. He was in his senior year at the Royal Military College of Canada when he received the life-changing diagnosis: type 1 diabetes. Because of his disease, he was grounded from flying.