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Betrayed by bile ducts? Researchers look for clues to treating a mysterious autoimmune disease • May 16, 2025, 12:46 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
More women with most common autoimmune diseases die from cardiovascular disease than men • May 6, 2025, 9:23 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Menstrual pain: Endometriosis and immune diseases get link - study show • May 3, 2025, 11:49 PM ET (BBC)
Endometriosis and immune diseases linked, study shows • Apr. 29, 2025, 6:17 AM ET (BBC)
World-first type 1 diabetes drug trial aims to reprogram immune system • Apr. 28, 2025, 10:18 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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Also Known As autoallergic disease

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Baruj Benacerraf.
Baruj Benacerraf
American immunologist
Tasuku Honjo
Japanese immunologist

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