Seems that trials are already happening. As a person living with UC, this could be a game changer.

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      TLDR would be that any autoimmune disease could see this helping. It “removes/erases” the white blood cells memory of the bodily molecule that we don’t want destroyed from their list of things to destroy.

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          With my beginner understanding of the immune response, they could if this is successful. Since allergies are the immune response to an external stimuli instead of an internal stimuli like an autoimmune disorder.

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        Thank you! That sounds like amazing progress, between this and CRISPR’s progress with cancer, the future looks good for anyone suffering from these