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Autoimmune Disease Defined

Disorder of the body's immune system in which the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys body tissue that it believes to be foreign. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease because the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing beta cells.

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Roche seeks autoimmune magic bullet in Bay Area

Published September 7, 2008, 9:52 pm, BizJournals

Pharmaceutical giant Roche has gotten the first green light needed to launch a new arthritis drug, a compound that targets a protein implicated in a wide range of autoimmune disorders.

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Proteolix takes long view against autoimmune diseases

Published September 7, 2008, 9:50 pm, BizJournals

It’s ambitious enough to develop the next generation of cancer killers. But Proteolix Inc. is stretching to take long-term aim at autoimmune diseases as well.

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For type 1 diabetics, ignorance is deadly

Published September 7, 2008, 4:15 am, Honolulu Advertiser

KAPOLEI — Leanna Chew, a math teacher at Island Pacific Academy, could not prick her finger hard enough to draw blood. So after three unsuccessful attempts, little 10-year-old Ella Axelrod finally stuck Chew the same way that Ella jabs herself 10 times a day to test her blood glucose levels.

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Family File

Published September 7, 2008, 12:02 am, Poughkeepsie Journal

A new program for teens is being offered through Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Kids with Chronic Illnesses support program.

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Riding to fight multiple sclerosis

Published September 6, 2008, 11:29 pm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

In the sixth inning of a Milwaukee Brewers game, Daniel Waters' world changed forever. "The entire stadium began...

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New local MS centre offers sense of hope

Published September 6, 2008, 8:57 am, The Sudbury Star

Members of the Sudbury chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society intend to use the new MS Centre of Hope as leverage to lobby for an MS clinic in Sudbury. Sudbury is a "hotspot" for the debilitating disease, says the society's Laurel Ireland, and there are no MS clinics [...]

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FDA Approves First Hepatitis B Viral Load Test

Published September 6, 2008, 4:16 am, Medical News Today

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Roche COBAS(R) TaqMan(R) HBV Test, the first assay for quantitating Hepatitis B Virus DNA approved in the U.S. The test uses Roche's real-time PCR technology to quantify the amount of Hepatitis B virus DNA in a patient's blood.

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North County FYI

Published September 6, 2008, 3:08 am, San Diego Union-Tribune

Active and retired military, fire and law enforcement are invited for free admission to The Wave Waterpark for Appreciation Days today and tomorrow. The park is at 101 Wave Drive, Vista. thewavewaterpark.com. or (760) 726-1340, ext. 1149.

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Benefit barbecue for Fowler family

Published September 6, 2008, 2:39 am, The Hendersonville Times-News

Bat Cave Baptist Church and Fruitland Baptist Church will hold a barbecue fundraiser for Cheryl McMurray Fowler Saturday, Sept. 13, at Dollar General Store, U.S. 64E, Fruitland.

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BioMS Medical's dirucotide receives fast track designation

Published September 6, 2008, 1:39 am, PharmaBiz

BioMS Medical Corp, a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has granted fast track designation for the company's lead drug, dirucotide (MBP8298), for the treatment of secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Dirucotide (MBP8298) is currently being evaluated in a US pivotal phase-III trial, named ...

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  • Kinds of Arthritis: The universal term “art hritis&#82 21; cites to a grouping of diseases that, in one fashion or additional, aggress the junctions of the torso. These assaults drive the joints to swell and collapse, resultant in pain, puffiness, rigour, tiredness, a...

Wed Aug 13

  • Changing Diet Can Help Autoimmune Disease: Getting rid of bread, cutting down on fats and adding fish oil to your diet could help control diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or multiple sclerosis, where the body's immune system fights its own tissues, researchers suggest.

Tue Aug 12

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Natural Treatment: Almost two million people awake in the morning with blood-red, bloated, stiff joints. The pain endures on into the day bringing in it arduous if not inconceivable to take care of the actions of day by day being, or hobbies that build your life full-bod...

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  • Wired -- Internal Bacterial Imbalance Leads to Asthma: "Rising asthma rates may be partly explained by bacterial imbalances in our guts. Organisms we've had inside us for thousands, even millions of years are vanishing. H. pylori is the best example. And when you have an organism with us for a very long time that disappears, there will be consequences.& quot;

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