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THE BODY AGAINST ITSELF

Rennie, John

Scientific American, 1990-12, Vol.263 (6), p.106-115

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THE BODY AGAINST ITSELF
Autor: Rennie, John
Assuntos: Animals ; Autoantigens - immunology ; Autoimmune Diseases - immunology ; Autoimmune Diseases - therapy ; B-Lymphocytes - immunology ; Cellular biology ; Clone Cells - immunology ; Deoxyribonucleic acid ; Disease ; DNA ; Genetics ; Health care ; Histocompatibility Antigens - immunology ; Humans ; Immune System ; Immune Tolerance ; Immunology ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Medical immunity ; Medical research ; Multiple Sclerosis - immunology ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell - immunology ; T-Lymphocytes - immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory - immunology ; Thymus Gland - immunology ; TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY ; United States ; Vaccination
É parte de: Scientific American, 1990-12, Vol.263 (6), p.106-115
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Descrição: When the body fails to distinguish its own healthy cells from diseased ones, the result is autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and insulin-dependent diabetes. Three breakthroughs that are leading to promising treatments for such diseases are the production of monoclonal antibodies, recombinant DNA technology and techniques for growing T lymphocytes.
Editor: United States: Scientific American, Incorporated
Idioma: Inglês

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