2001-2002
The following is a description of a study from one of the many researchers that our organization has funded.

Elizabeth Mellins, M.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, California
Grant funds were used to study the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis. Dr. Mellins examined if inherited genetic alterations in the recognition mechanism of the immune system are defective and cause RA patients to identify certain self-antigens as foreign.
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