Immune Myopathy (IMAGE)

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Immune Myopathy

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Immune scavenger cells (green) crowd around muscle fibers (red), damaging them and causing muscle pain and weakness. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a previously unknown, rare muscle disease that can be treated with immunosuppressing drugs.

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Alan Pestronk

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