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  • Blocking antibody recycling vs autoimmune diseases

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    Researchers at Belgian UCB SA have clinically demonstrated that an antibody targeting a normal cellular recycling process can remove autoantibodies from the blood of people with autoimmune diseases.

    In a Phase I trial the team headed by Peter Kiessling demonstrated safety and tolerability of rozanolixizumab, a monoclonal antibody blocking FcRn – the protein domain that rescues IgG from being broken down. The findings could open up much needed therapeutic avenues where few options currently exist that remove self-reactive antibodies from the blood of people with autoimmune disorders without causing harmful side effects.

  • Baking soda—it should be part of our daily health regime

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    Baking soda—it should be part of our daily health regime image

    Instead of taking an aspirin a day, sipping some baking soda (bicarbonate of soda) should be part of your daily health regime. New research has found that a daily dose counters the worst effects of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, and it can also reverse kidney disease, heart disease and osteoporosis.

    Baking soda, or bicarbonate of soda in the UK, is a raising agent for baking—but it also has enormous therapeutic value. It reduces acid levels in the blood—which helps reverse heart disease and osteoporosis—but it also moderates the immune system's inflammatory responses. That means that auto-immune problems like rheumatoid arthritis—where the body is essentially attacking itself—can be eased.

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