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1. GI tract bacteria may protect against autoimmune disease?

• by: JDRF Canada
• January 17, 2013
• SickKids, GI Tract Bacteria, The Hospital for Sick Children

TORONTO – Early life exposure to normal bacteria of the GI tract (gut microbes) protects against autoimmune disease in mice, according to research published on-line in the January 17 edition of Science. The study may also have uncovered reasons why females are at greater risk of autoimmune...