Lewis was an active young boy who loved playing football and swimming. Even after getting a pain in his leg which persisted for a week, blood tests with the GP suggested this could be simply growing ...

Acute flaccid paralysis in children is a medical emergency that can progress to respiratory failure within hours or days, ...

Scientists have discovered a faulty gene which may have caused a man to be paralysed as a toddler after catching the flu. Timothy Bingham was two years old when he had a mild flu-like illness which ...

A rare Guillain-Barré syndrome recurrence caused nausea with no motor symptoms but was treated successfully with intravenous ...

Los Angeles Dodgers' wives united for a noble cause. Chelsea Freeman and Haeley Snell led a fundraising event for the GBS Foundation. The event, supported by fashion brand Paige, aimed to raise ...

GBS is a neuromuscular emergency and rare autoimmune disease that affects at least 150,000 people worldwide each year, with no FDA-approved therapies.

As it advances a monoclonal antibody targeting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), Annexon Biosciences is embarking on another effort to improve treatment of the rare condition. | As it advances a ...

It is an acute, rapidly progressive disease with a narrow timeframe for therapeutic intervention. GBS results in the hospitalization of more than 22,000 people annually in the U.S. and Europe.

In other words, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly identifies the nervous system as a threat to attack.

Despite GBS's life-altering impact, treatment options today are limited, outdated and often inadequate. Developing more effective therapies for this terrible disease should be an urgent public ...

Doctors warn, Guillain-Barré Syndrome can strike after the flu. Here’s what you need to know to detect GBS before it is too late.