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I haven't read anything related to treating autoimmune diseases with mRNA, that would be quite exciting. Do you happen to have a reference for this?

I have Ulcerative Colitis, which is a form of an autoimmune disease. A vaccine as a cure would be a game changer.

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But I thought we don’t really know what causes UC. Fungi? Bacteria? Genetic factors? Something else?

You're correct, doctors/biologists still do not know the root cause of IBD (UC/Chrons). In fact, most autoimmune diseases are quite poorly understood due to the vast dimensional space that can influence the human immune system. If there is evidence that it could be controlled via an mRNA vaccine, it would give me much hope for the future of controlling autoimmune diseases without consistent drug intervention or surgery.

Maybe something like that is relevant: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6525/145. There's also a bit more context here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-021-00880-0.

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