61.   Such a drug could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually and might be prescribed to treat other autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.

62.   That thought is bolstered by observations of cancer patients who also have concurrent autoimmune disease, McSweeney said.

63.   The diabetes work symbolizes a new era in the understanding and treatment of autoimmune disease.

64.   The direct links between pathogens and autoimmune disease are going to be very difficult to pin down, Marrack said.

65.   The FDA said people who should not undergo PRK include pregnant women, people with uncontrolled vascular disease or autoimmune disease.

66.   The problem with the theory has been that men get autoimmune diseases too.

67.   The researchers wanted to test their hypothesis that time spent in the wombs of mothers with autoimmune disease could have a negative effect on performance.

68.   The research focuses on insulin-dependent diabetes, or type one diabetes, an autoimmune disease that destroys insulin-producing cells.

69.   The same argument can be made about crippling inherited autoimmune diseases, such as childhood diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, Bodmer says.

70.   The results might also help in someday developing treatments for autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, in which a body essentially becomes vaccinated against its own cells.