Engineered Protein Restores Loss of Skin Pigment (3 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Engineered Protein Restores Loss of Skin Pigment (3 of 4)

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This shows vitiligo mice following vaccination with mutant HSP70 protein. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 27, 2013, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.A. Mosenson at Loyola University Chicago in Maywood, Ill., and colleagues was titled, “Mutant HSP70 Reverses Autoimmune Depigmentation in Vitiligo.”

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Image courtesy of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

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