Immune system adaptations in cavefish may provide autoimmune disease insight

Monday, July 20, 2020 - 10:11 in Biology & Nature

Cavefish are seemingly insignificant: They are small, they live in tucked away places humans rarely go, and they're quite common, found on every continent except Antarctica. But researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research see them as a potential way to understand more about the rise in autoimmune diseases in humans.

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