A genetic accelerator hits the gas on autoimmune diseases
Monday, January 16, 2012 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
A "genetic accelerator" is responsible for the most severe cases of Lupus (systemic lupus erythemathosus), an autoimmune disease: the accelerator, called enhancer HS1.2, speeds up the activity of some critical genes of the immune system involved in the disease.