It might seem unlikely for scientists at BRI, a research institute focused on causes and cures for autoimmune disease, to study cancer. But this area of investigation is growing as researchers uncover links between autoimmune disease and the mechanisms that help cancer evade the immune system.

If BRI can pinpoint how cancer cells prevent the immune system from attacking tumors, it could reveal ways to shut off the immune system attacks that cause autoimmune diseases like Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

Scientists like Dr. Steve Ziegler and others in his lab are exploring these links – and BRI is building an infrastructure to help them make progress against both types of disease.

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