Dr. Denise Faustman attempts to understand why autoimmune diseases come in clusters.
(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
Immunobiologist Denise Faustman | Meeting the minds
A history of being innovative and fun
Dr. Denise Faustman attempts to understand why autoimmune diseases come in clusters.
(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
Had the mice she'd been studying for two decades been deaf all along? If Dr. Denise Faustman's latest hypothesis was correct, they would have had to be. So she conducted a rather unscientific experiment: She went into her lab and had an assistant clang pots and pans together next to their ears. The mice never heard a thing. (Full article: 1062 words)
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