New Clues Suggest How Autoimmune Diseases Begin

New Clues Suggest How Autoimmune Diseases Begin
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New research in mice may upend current ideas about how autoimmune diseases get started.

After cancer and heart disease, the most common group of diseases in the US are autoimmune diseases, which occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own organs, tissues, and cells.

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