In other words, the body makes autoantibodies, and actually attacks itself. At the same time, special cells called regulatory T cells (Treg) fail to do their job of keeping the immune system in line. The resulting damage is dependent on the type of autoimmune disease. Overall, autoimmune diseases are common, affecting up to 50 million Americans. They are one of the leading causes of death and disability in this country. Coronado Biosciences is currently focused on the following autoimmune diseases but many other autoimmune diseases may be amendable to treatment with TSO.
Posted on July 29, 2010 by Kim. A platform bed is a bed frame, often with head and foot board, with many wood slats running from side to side, which are preferably no more than 3 apart in order to provide proper support for your mattress. A traditional bed can also have wood slats, but typically has only 1-3 to help support a foundation or box spring. The difference between a traditional bed and a platform bed, is that you can place a mattress directly on a platform bed without a box spring or foundation. With a traditional bed, you would place a box spring or foundation upon the bed frame and then your mattress would be placed on top.
A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits. Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms which induce carbonate precipitation through their metabolism. Therefore, carbonate platforms can not grow up everywhere: they are not present in places where limiting factors to the life of reef-building organisms exist. Such limiting factors are, among others: light