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Protein From Tick Saliva Studied For Potential Myasthenia Gravis Treatment

Written by MGCanada

20 May 2011

ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2009) — Looking for a better treatment for the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, researchers have found that a protein in tick saliva shows promise in limiting the severity of the disease in an animal model in a study published in the Annals of Neurology.

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