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Researchers find molecule pd1 is critical in autoimmunity

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Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta have made an important discovery that provides a new understanding of how our immune system "learns" not to attack our own body, and this could affect the way doctors treat patients with autoimmune diseases and cancer. Researchers Colin Anderson, left, and Govindarajan Thangavelu, right are featured in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juplsi7ynPA


This seems like an important discovery, but not so known yet...