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Reverse vaccination technique in mice suggests new way to teach the immune system not to attack lifesaving treatments

  • Written by Sathy Balu-Iyer, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
imageReverse vaccination teaches the immune system to ignore rather than attack self-proteins.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Autoimmune conditions like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis arise when an immune system mistakenly attacks its own body’s proteins, cells and organs. Not only do these...

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