Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...

K-9 Aries had surgery to remove his spleen in January and is on track for a 'full recovery,' the department said Sunday.

Don't worry about it. Check this out. The spleen's that soft, purple organ located right behind the stomach and under the lungs. It's about five inches wide and weighs about six ounces.

Contrary to established dogma, the spleen is not the principal source of the pro-inflammatory cytokine called tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which drives the sort of system-wide inflammation seen in ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely ... Those infected cells flow through the spleen, which culls them out because ...

Mehmet Tunc Onur Sanli Mehmet Tunc Onur Sanli was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was 11. The 42-year-old, from London, said: “Because of my illness, I often experience pain in my chest, ...

Currently, autoimmune diseases are usually treated with drugs that suppress ... that connect the brain with internal organs ...

The direct antiglobulin test was positive for anti-C3d specificity, with cold agglutinin titer confirming the diagnosis of CAD.