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Allergies, like autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and lupus, result from aberrant functioning of the human immune system, the body's remarkable defense against dangerous invaders, including viruses, bacteria and parasites. In the case of hay fever, the immune system perceives the fuzzy grain of pollen as a threat. The cause of the confusion, explains botanist Walter Lewis of Washington University in St. Louis, is a chemical message encoded by proteins in the pollen grain's cell wall...
Steitz was the first to realize that patientswith lupus erythematosis, an autoimmune disease,produce antibodies to SNURPS, Maniatis said. Usingthese antibodies, she was able to isolate andcharacterize the function of SNURPS, whichrecognize the splicing sites of these introns...
...most popular type of implant, a silicone envelope filled with silicone gel, has been linked to silicone associated connective tissue disease, scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis...
...years, and it in no way diminishes breast function, if that is still defined as lactation. The implants, on the other hand, can interfere with lactation, and they make mammograms less able to find cancer (not to mention the potential for a disfiguring or life-threatening side effect like lupus or scleroderma). But so what if micromastia has no functional impact? Why can't a disease be manifested solely by size...
...sleeping pill Halcion (annual worldwide sales: $240 million). The accusation has prompted a federal investigation. Dow Corning Wright of Arlington, Tenn., stands accused of failing to report that its silicone-gel breast implants were associated with severe side effects -- including the development of autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. That product and similar implants made by other manufacturers have been placed in 1 million to 2 million American women. If fraud has occurred, the cost cannot be compared with chicanery in other industries, for at stake is more than the customers' investment. It is their health and, in some...