Anti-double stranded DNA antibody (anti-dsDNA) is one of a group of autoantibodies called antinuclear antibodies (ANA). Normally, antibodies protect against infection, but autoantibodies are produced when a person's immune system fails to adequately distinguish between self and non-self.
Bill is a 16-year-old from New Jersey, and he is one of nine students at an unusual school here - the Deck House. It was founded in 1979 by Edward T. Hall, former headmaster at two prestigious preparatory schools, the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass.
The school was founded in 1551 by members of the Merchant Taylors' Company. It was originally located in a manor house called the Manor of the Rose, in the parish of St. Lawrence Pountney in the City of London, where it remained until 1875.he Merchant Taylors' remains a school for boys only and accepts pupils based upon an entrance examination, which the boys sit when they are either 11, 13 or 16 years old.