How skin falls apart: Pathology of autoimmune skin disease is revealed at the nanoscale
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
University at Buffalo researchers and colleagues studying a rare, blistering disease have discovered new details of how autoantibodies destroy healthy cells in skin. This information provides new insights into autoimmune mechanisms in general and could help develop and screen treatments for patients suffering from all autoimmune diseases, estimated to affect 5-10 percent of the U.S. population.