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New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 1 year ago by genesis@kbin.social to c/Futurology@kbin.social

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This is fascinating as it works contrary to how most vaccines work. The usual method is to teach the immune system to attack things ( Covid, Polio, Influenza, etc, etc). This does the opposite, it makes the immune system forget to attack things it shouldn't be attacking. The list of autoimmune diseases is long, and many people suffer from them.

That said, this is only a Phase 1 Clinical trial. That will test if the vaccine is safe, and see what its side-effects are. The journey from amazing lab results to a viable treatment is rocky, and often ends in failure. Still, if this can prove its potential as a treatment it will be revolutionary.

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[–] engityra@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

As someone with family members who are type 1 diabetics, I have heard the joke that everyone who gets diagnosed with it is told there will be a cure in 10 years. It's nice to see they've started trials on this at least.

[–] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder how expensive this will end up being. I also feel like it will be enshittified into an endless subscription of shots or it'll stop working or something. We don't get nice things in this timeline.