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Autoimmune Disease

Conditions where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.

Almanac Silencing the Signal Behind the Swelling
  • What did Feldmann and Maini discover about tumour necrosis factor alpha's role in rheumatoid arthritis?
  • What other autoimmune diseases have since been treated with the anti-TNF therapy family?
Almanac The Cells That Guard Against Yourself
  • What did Sakaguchi observe when he removed a specific population of T cells from mice?
  • What is IPEX disease, and how does it confirm that FOXP3 plays the same role in humans as in mice?