Genomic switches can predispose an individual to one set of autoimmune disorders but protect the same person against another set of them, scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have found. “Maybe we should stop considering all autoimmune diseases in one lumped category,” said Atul Butte, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics and of biomedical informatics and director of the Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. “It looks as if there may be at least two different kinds…

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Genomic Toggle Switches Divide Autoimmune Diseases Into Distinct Clusters, Stanford Study Shows

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