“A good sun cure” against autoimmune diseases
The monthly magazine "Scientific American" examines the benefits of exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays for diseases related to immune dysfunction. Could this lead to a prescription for light therapy? Not yet, but scientists are seriously interested.
“Ultraviolet rays calm inflammation of the skin. But also that of the central nervous system, the pancreas, and the intestine,” lists Australian researcher Prue Hart of the Kids Research Institute Australia. This specialist in the effects of the sun on immunity explores the protective, even healing, power of solar rays for a number of pathologies, particularly autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and type 1 diabetes.
A dynamic and promising field of research to which Scientific American offers its June cover. Designed by the famous American illustrator Taylor Callery, this cover, with its psychedelic influence from the 1970s, invites readers to “get some sun” and has
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