Autoimmune Diseases Affect More Women than Men — VOA Learning English
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Women are much more likely to get autoimmune diseases than men. New research may finally explain why.
Autoimmune diseases happen when the body’s natural defenses, or immune system, attack the body’s tissues.
Researchers from Stanford University in California say the reason for this may be connected to how the body deals with females’ second X chromosome.
The finding could help improve doctors’ abilities to detect autoimmune diseases.
E. John Wherry is an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania. He said the new study changes “the way we think about this whole process of autoimmunity.”
Between 24 million and 50 million Americans suffer from an autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune disorders…
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