Episode 123 – Why-roid

“Whyroid” – Why does an autoimmune antibody stimulate the thyroid in Graves’ disease? When we think of antibodies, such as monoclonal antibodies that target specific diseases, we often think of them as blocking receptor-ligand interactions or binding to pathogens to neutralize them. Yet in Graves’ disease, we actually find the opposite of what we wouldContinue reading “Episode 123 – Why-roid”