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VICTORIA – A $2-million provincial clinical and research study will help patients with a variety of complex chronic diseases, such as chronic Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, with screening, diagnosis and treatment. There is a variety of debilitating complex chronic diseases where the cause is unknown, but where it is strongly suspected that [...] Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston have identified a new type of cell in mice that dampens the immune system and protects the animal’s own cells from immune system attack. This “suppressor” cell reduces the production of harmful antibodies that can drive lupus and other autoimmune diseases in which the immune system mistakenly [...] Lupus is still a pretty mysterious condition. There are many theories floating around as to causes of lupus but, just like other autoimmune conditions, there isn’t really a solid answer. Here are a few suggestions as to the causes of lupus. Genes No gene or group of genes has been proven to cause lupus. Lupus [...] Mixed connective tissue disease, as first described in 1972, is “classically” considered as an “overlap” of three diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and polymyositis. Patients with this pattern illness have features of each of these three diseases. They also typically have very high quantities of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) and antibodies to ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) detectable in [...] |
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