Potential New Way To Block Inflammation In Autoimmune Disease Discovered
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 12:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified a promising new target for autoimmune disease treatment -- a cell-surface receptor called DR3. Their research in mice, published in Immunity, suggests that blocking this receptor could slow or stop the damaging inflammation characteristic of autoimmune diseases, potentially without leaving the body vulnerable to serious infections, as many current therapies do.
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