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Using Virtual Reality to See Inside Cells

Could virtual reality headsets let scientists step inside cells and view them in greater detail than ever before? 
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Fighting Back Against Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis isn't just an older person’s worry. And BRI researchers are studying how to put a stop to it in people of all ages.
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Why Down Syndrome Holds Key Clues about Autoimmunity

Almost half of Down Syndrome patients have autoimmune diseases – but no one knows why. That’s why Dr. Rebecca Partridge and BRI’s Dr. Bernard Khor are leading one of the first studies that investigates autoimmunity in people with DS.
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Pinpointing the Connection Between Cancer and Autoimmune Disease

Scientists at BRI are exploring the links between cancer and autoimmunity–and BRI is building an infrastructure to help them make progress against both types of disease.
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Big Data Fuels Autoimmune Disease Discoveries

As gene sequencing becomes integral to BRI’s research, the bioinformatics team is being confronted by more and more data, and more opportunities to fuel discoveries.
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About 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases have a tendency to develop additional autoimmune diseases.

Mystery Of Multiple Autoimmune Diseases

About 25 percent of people with autoimmune diseases have a tendency to develop additional autoimmune diseases.
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Exciting Breakthroughs in Preventing Rheumatoid Arthritis

What does it mean when scientists say they want to “prevent” a disease?
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Discovery of a Commonality in Autoimmune Disease

Benaroya Research Institute is committed to fighting the more than 80 autoimmune diseases.

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