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Autoimmune Disease
Array analysis of autoimmune disease leads to vaccine development
September 1st, 2003
Researchers have developed protein arrays that could be used to diagnose autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, earlier than is currently possible. The approach, described in the September 2003 issue of Nature Biotechnology, could also facilitate more effective therapeutic interventions. The immune system normally protects against disease, but in the case of autoimmune disease it attacks the body. To profile the autoimmune response during disease, William Robinson and coworkers developed arrays composed of proteins (antigens) that are targets of the autoimmune response in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. To...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2003-09-01)
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