Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 6th, 2007
This trend article about Columbia University is an immediate alert from NewsRx to identify developing directions of research.
Study 1: According to a study from the United States, "We have developed a model of autoimmunity to investigate autoantibody-mediated cross-presentation of self antigen. RIP-mOVA mice, expressing OVA in pancreatic beta cells, develop severe autoimmune diabetes when given OT-I cells (OVA-specific CD8(+) T cells) and anti-OVA IgG but not when given T cells alone."
"Anti-OVA IgG is not directly injurious to the islets but rather enhances...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-09-06)
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