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MSU scientists develop potential new treatment for autoimmune diseases

MSU scientists develop potential new treatment for autoimmune diseases

The article does not mention thyroid but non the less relevant to some.

Could it be something so simple that will provide the answer?

May 13, 2013 -- MSU News Service








Contact: Nick Zelver, associate director, MSU Office of Technology Transfer, (406) 994-7706 or nzelver@montana.edu.


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My gut reaction (sorry no pun intended) is that anyone who found such a cure would be extremely rich and it would be guarded very very carefully. I also cant help thinking that big pharma would not be best pleased with its appearance as they stand to lose the potential revenue of billions of dollars for medications to treat (not cure) autoimmune diseases.


Interesting - I wonder how long? And how much?



Wow excellent would be great if it could be this easy! :)


My knowledge is limited but my readings in recent years have been leading to the primary importance of gut health. Many of the regimes to heal the gut include the use of probiotics. It is a question of time before general medicine catches up. In the meantime, like many here, we do our own research with the intention of improving our gut health. It is very encouraging to learn of Montana State's University recent findings. Thank you for bringing this to our attention shambles.


Could it be linked to this? bbc.co.uk/news/health-22458428 and dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

Looks interesting.


My initial reaction is one of extreme fear...

They want to put this drug into a genetically engineered bacterium... you take it and then it could colonise the gut... if it does you harm then you might never get rid of it!

And what if you pass it onto someone else, someone that doesn't need the drug?

Like I said, extremely frightening. We seriously don't know what we're messing with here. We barely understand a fraction of the how the gut bacteria works already.


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