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Fighting friendly fire with fire: An antibody for treating neuromyelitis optica
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Fighting friendly fire with fire: An antibody for treating neuromyelitis optica

by Osaka University Anti-RGMa antibody treatment ameliorates NMO pathophysiology. Credit: Takahide Itokazu Autoimmune diseases are the molecular equivalent of “friendly fire”: The body attacks itself instead of harmful invaders. Now, researchers from Japan have found that interrupting the complex interplay between different immune cell types can help prevent the damage that this friendly fire causes...