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May 22, 2008
NIAID on 11th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week - NIAID [link]

Apr 21, 2008
Sweet Hope for Type 1 Diabetics - TFOT [link]

Apr 7, 2008
Immune Tolerance Institute Announces Collaboration with Beckman Coulter Establishing a Multiplatform Immunophenotyping/Immunogenotyping Laboratory - Immune Tolerance Institute [link]

Jan 24, 2008
Doctors report transplant breakthrough in ITN study - Associated Press [read]

Nov 14, 2007
Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on World Diabetes Day - NIDDK [read]

Oct 25, 2007
GlaxoSmithKline And Tolerx Form Worldwide Collaboration For Development And Commercialization Of TRX4 - Tolerx [read]

Oct 18, 2007
Lilly and MacroGenics Announce Licensing and Collaboration Agreement for Anti-CD3 - Macrogenics [read]

Oct 17, 2007
Tolerogenic DNA Plasmid Vaccine Decreases Brain Lesions in MS Patients - Doctor's Guide [link]

Oct 3, 2007
Abbott's ABT-874 Shows Positive Results for Maintenance of Response in Phase II Psoriasis Study - Abbott [link]

Sep 28, 2007
Can ToleRx Escape the Autoimmunity-Drug-Development Deathtrap? - xconomy [link]

Sep 27, 2007
Genzyme and Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany Announce Start of Phase 3 Program with Alemtuzumab for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis - Genzyme [read]

Sep 25, 2007
NIDDK to Sponsor Trial With Diamyd Diabetes Vaccine - FDANews [link]

Sep 11, 2007
Genmab announces encouraging preclinical data for ofatumumab - Genmab [read]

Aug 22, 2007
Calming Factor: DNA vaccine for MS passes initial test - Science News Online [link]

Aug 21, 2007
Study provides hope that some transplant patients could live free of anti-rejection drugs - Stanford [read]