Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine has purchased a type of technology that is used to detect markers of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, and autoimmune hepatitis. According to a press release from Arrayit Corporation, John's Hopkins' High Throughput Biology Center has purchased the company's technology to create the Human Proteome Chip, which is used in tracking biological markers for these diseases.
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