New clues found to immune system’s misfiring in autoimmune diseases

Friday, June 3, 2016 - 16:10 in Health & Medicine

A person’s genetic makeup plays a role in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis that develop when the body is attacked by its own immune system. But little is known about how immune cells are pushed into overdrive. Now, in new research that points to potential therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases, researchers at Washington University […]

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