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Are parasites useful in treating autoimmune disease? i saw recent work which indicated there might be some possibilities with crohn's disease.

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Probably Not: The work comes after a breakthrough in 2009 when prof. Eric denkers, immunology, and a research associate, charlotte egan, discovered that mice infected with the parasite taxoplasma gondii presented symptoms similar to those found in human patients with crohn’s disease. Denkers’ lab began using toxoplasma-infected mice as an animal model for crohn's.

Answered 12/18/2019

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