Dr. Chan explains how biologic therapy (mainly through monoclonal antibodies) is changing the present and future of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
He illustrates some examples of autoimmune diseases such as: multiple sclerosis, asthma, treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with etanercept, and others.
Inflammation and autoimmunity: new understandings and therapies.
By Andrew Chan, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President. Immunology and antibody engineering. Genentech