Some of the diseases are well known, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and type-one diabetes.

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Levinson is focusing on research into diseases where the immune system goes wrong, like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and allergies.

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The best known examples of this are multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Another promising treatment: an anti-CD20 antibody--kind of a second-generation Rituxan--that Genentech plans to test against rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and multiple sclerosis.

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