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dumdum1066 t1_it0esbo wrote
Reply to comment by Total-News3680 in Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci
Wouldn't necessarily agree that Crohn's is a modern disease but the 20th century provided the necessary advance in knowledge and technology to characterize the disease and understand the underlying cause. Yes, other factors may contribute to Crohn's.
-not an expert but my mother died from Crohn's and I have UC.
dumdum1066 t1_it0j0is wrote
Reply to Natural Selection Driven by the Black Death Linked to Modern-Day Autoimmune Disease: Analysis of DNA from over 200 remains shows that the Black Death selected for immune gene variants that are also risk factors for autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease. by rjmsci
As irony would have it, we must now take drugs to suppress our magic immune systems that so wonderfully saved our ancestors. I'd like to imagine that some disease ravaged survivor of the future will thank me and my peers for braving the years of steroids and biologics and so not perishing from my autoimmune disease and preserving our super active immune systems.