Mutations in a single gene underlie vulnerability to two unrelated types of infections
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified a surprising case in which defects in a single immune gene render children susceptible to two very different diseases: aggravating, but treatable fungal infections, as well as invasive and potentially fatal bacterial disease. This finding suggests a dual role for RORC in human immunity to infection. More »