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Sea anemones for swatting down diabetes, MS and arthritis
Nick Hobgood
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Sea anemones for swatting down diabetes, MS and arthritis
The incidence of autoimmune diseases like MS, Type 1 diabetes and arthritis has been increasing steadily over the past few decades, and no-one can quite figure out why. But if things pan out, the Caribbean sea anemone might make the “why” a moot point.

Natural compounds extracted from the venomous predator have been shown in both animal and human tests to suppress activation of effector memory T-cells, the little nasties that create inflammation and tissue damage in many autoimmune diseases. And they do it without the generalized immunosuppression that usually goes along with drug therapies. The compounds block an ion channel in the T-cells and stop them from producing the cytokines that turn white blood cells into attackers instead of saviors; according to animal models, diseas...View full story
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