Autoimmune Life Blog

Community and news about autoimmune diseases, allergies and more.

Blog Main Image - 3D Biological T Cells Attacking Cancer Cell
September 11, 2018

Pinpointing the Connection Between Cancer and Autoimmune Disease

It might seem unlikely for scientists at Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI), a research institute focused on causes and cures for autoimmune disease, to study cancer. Scientists like Dr.

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Blog Main Image - Man Coding Single Screen
August 30, 2018

Big Data Fuels Autoimmune Disease Discoveries

When gene sequencing suddenly became affordable, researchers were confronted with an enormous opportunity – and an enormous problem.

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Blog Main Image - Jagger & Jenn (Editorial)
August 27, 2018

Meet the Dog Who is a Weapon Against IBD

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Blog Main Image - T1D Diabetes Medical Technology
August 21, 2018

Discovering a New 'Attacker' Cell in Diabetes

Principal Investigator Karen Cerosaletti, PhD, and colleagues have applied single-cell science to better understand type 1 diabetes with some surprising and significant findings.

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Blog Main Tom Bonorden Gary Kerr Editorial
August 15, 2018

Supporting Medical Research on the Golf Course

Benaroya Research Institute will celebrate eight years of partnership with the Boeing Classic at this year’s tournament on August 20-26.

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Blog Main Image - Children Silhouette Hiking
August 6, 2018

Getting Outside This Summer with Autoimmune Diseases

For many, especially Seattleites used to persistent rain and overcast skies, the summer might just be the best time of the year.

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Blog Main Jack Peter Heldring Sports Editorial
July 27, 2018

What T1D Can Teach Us: A Sibling’s Perspective

Our family learned a lot about type 1 diabetes in the weeks after our son Peter was diagnosed just a few days before his third birthday.

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Blog Main Hayfever Sufferer Autumn
July 18, 2018

Teaming Up on an Allergy Research Breakthrough

In 2010, Erik Wambre, PhD, made a discovery that had the potential to reshape how allergies are studied, diagnosed and treated. Researchers had always thought each allergy was caused by a different “bad guy” cell. But Dr.

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Blog Main Triathlon Swimmers
July 12, 2018

Run, Bike, Swim – And Sign Up for a Biorepository at the Seafair Triathlon!

Are you competing in this year’s Benaroya Research Institute Seafair Triathlon? If so, you may know something about autoimmune disease – and what we’re doing to fight it.

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Blog Main Image - Lori Carter (Editorial)
June 19, 2018

Living with Lupus: Lori Carter’s Story

Lori Carter is a national sales manager, a personal health coach, a wife and a mom. Her life was moving a million miles an hour before she was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease, in April of 2013.

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