Observatory
Our work in autoimmune disease — research, science and news.
Methods, findings and limits — written in the open as the work happens, and written separately for each of the people it concerns.
What Molecular Mimicry Is, and Why It Matters for Autoimmune Disease
When a pathogen's proteins resemble our own closely enough, the immune system can learn to attack both. This is the mechanism at the center of our thesis.
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Research
—Findings from our own work, published where they can be cited.
Science
01The immunology underlying our thesis, set out at length.
Company
01Milestones, releases and where to find us.
Field Notes
—Shorter observations from work still in progress.
Rules we hold ourselves to
Claims carry their basis
Every entry states what its claim rests on — the method, the dataset, the sample — or says plainly that it is an opinion.
Limits are published with findings
What a result does not establish is written in the same entry as what it does, given the same weight on the page.
Each audience gets its own piece
A patient-facing entry and a clinical one are written separately, each in full, rather than one diluted to serve both.
We publish when the work warrants it
Entries appear when there is something worth putting our name to. A quiet month is a signal of accuracy, not neglect.