“ Cramps, dizziness, stomach and headaches, lots of nausea", list Colleen and Libby for the foundation Beyond Celiac to describe their experience. Like them, approximately 1% of the population suffers from celiac disease, also known as autoimmune gluten intolerance. And like them, none of them has a better solution than completely stopping gluten. This situation could, however, change thanks to a new cell therapy, currently successfully tested on mice in work published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
By Camille Gaubert THE Reading 4 min. Subscribers
By modifying regulatory immune cells, researchers have alleviated the consequences of gluten intolerance in mice.
700,000 people are diagnosed with celiac disease in France
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