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Ahoy-hoy! Today we're releasing an episode on autoimmune disorders like lupus and MS! What is going on in these diseases where your adaptive immune system starts attacking you? If you haven't already, we highly recommend you check out our episodes on the immune system (Episodes 36 and 38) for useful background information that will help you understand this episode and some of our upcoming episodes! Next episode will be about the molecular reasons behind autoimmune disorders and how we treat them. This episode is sponsored in part by The Galry, which you can visit at thegalry.com to purchase beautiful curated photographs. Currently you can get 15% off with the code 15OFF, check it out! This episode has a promo for Curiosity Killed the Rat, another groovy science podcast! Check them out on twitter @CuriosityRat and wherever you get your podcasts. Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. References: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMra1100030 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753361/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nri3871 https://www.pnas.org/content/114/40/10719.short https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165572817305660 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568997215000282?via%3Dihub https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC130012/ https://www.hopkinsarthritis.org/arthritis-info/rheumatoid-arthritis/ra-pathophysiology-2/#disease https://www.nature.com/articles/nrrheum.2018.10 https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/systemic-lupus-erythematosus#statistics https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11926-016-0571-2 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joim.12529 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144759/ https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/522/eaax1159 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13756-4 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/1744666X.2013.811052