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July 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment

A gut feeling about microbes and rheumatoid arthritis

By In the Loop

Call it a gut reaction. That’s essentially what the Chicago Tribune did when reporting on a possible link between “the trillions of microbes living and working” inside our digestive systems and rheumatoid arthritis, a “mysterious and painful autoimmune disorder that causes inflammation in the joints.” While the paper reports that a smoking gun trigger has yet […]

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Tags: auo, bacteria, immunology, rheumatoid arthritis, Veena Taneja