Jeffrey Hubbell's "reverse" vaccine success is starting to pay off

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If vaccines are so successful against external "enemies," such as viruses, what happens when the problem lies within us, as in autoimmune diseases? For Jeffrey Hubbell, the solution is to reverse the process. Instead of triggering a reaction, he wants our bodies to tolerate foods or the cells they begin attacking when an autoimmune disease strikes.

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