'Autoantibodies' may be created in response to bacterial DNA (w/Video)
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 09:28
in Biology & Nature
Autoimmune diseases have long been regarded as illnesses in which the immune system creates autoantibodies to attack the body itself. But, researchers at the California non-profit Autoimmunity Research Foundation (ARF) explain that the antibodies observed in autoimmune disease actually result from alteration of human genes and gene products by hidden bacteria.