'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.

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