How to beat rogue antibodies at their own game [Sponsored]

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  Almost all of us know someone who suffers from an autoimmune disease.

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  Or maybe you do yourself.

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  Autoimmune diseases are common.

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  Only cancer and cardiovascular diseases are more prevalent.

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  So how do you fight a body that is fighting against itself?

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  Argenix, an immunology innovation company that develops antibody-based therapies,

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  is developing a new toolkit of molecules that can tamp down the rebelling part of the immune system.

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  Scientific American Custom Media recently talked to Argenix's new CEO,

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  Karen Massey, about what's in the toolkit and how it's helping patients.

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  Karen Massey, thank you so much for joining us.

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  I've heard that you and your colleagues call yourselves Argonauts.

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  Can you explain why you folks call yourselves that and what you bring to the table as the lead Argonaut?

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  Yeah, absolutely.

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  The story of the Argonauts actually is what inspired our co-founders of Argenix to call our company Argenix,

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  and therefore we call ourselves Argonauts.

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  The story of the Argonauts is all about a team of people working together to achieve the unthinkable.

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  So we see our mission as bringing transformative medicines to patients,

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  and we believe the only way that we can do that is by working together as a team, having this...

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  Big, bold ambition, even when it seems impossible that if we work together,

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  we'll be able to deliver that mission for patients.

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