Word: rheumatoid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...approach pioneered by Dr. Irun Cohen at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, researchers are working on vaccines that help tone down overactive immune systems by targeting rebel T cells. So far, American and Dutch researchers have injected these experimental vaccines into a handful of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Because the diseases are long-term disorders that are subject to spontaneous remissions, however, it is too soon to tell how effective this approach could be. One potential drawback: scientists may have to customize the vaccine for each individual patient...
...mount an attack on something that has passed through the gut. So Harvard's Weiner has begun feeding small doses of myelin to some multiple sclerosis patients in the hopes of increasing their tolerance for the protein. Scientists are also supplementing the diets of people who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis with tiny doses of specially prepared collagen...
...years medical researchers have dreamed of not just controlling diabetes but preventing it. For Type I diabetes that goal seems tantalizingly close. Like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, Type I diabetes is known to be an autoimmune disorder. What this means is that the insulin-producing areas of the pancreas are attacked by the very cells charged with protecting the body from viruses and other invaders...