Single gene links susceptibility to rare infections with predisposition to autoimmune disease

Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 12:20 in Health & Medicine

When scientists scanned the brains of patients who lack a particular immune protein, they saw calcium deposits (center white spots) linked with certain diseases that occur as a result of harmful and unnecessary inflammation. More »

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