Swedish researchers have been investigating the link between serious infections during the first year of life and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There have been previous studies that have indicated that infections can cause autoimmune diseases in adulthood. The current study seems to show that an infection in infants interferes with the normal maturation of the immune system. [...]
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A new study says that children of mothers who have an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), type 1 diabetes and celiac disease have a three times higher risk or Autism than the general population. The study included data on 3,325 Danish children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who were born in Denmark [...] A new study conducted by researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge has resulted in a breakthrough in the understanding of how autoimmune responses can be controlled. [...] |
  
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