Rare Autoimmune Syndrome May Have A Common Form

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

A hereditary autoimmune disease that was thought to be exceedingly rare may have a less severe form that affects one in 1,000 people or even more. The results suggest that a number of different autoimmune diseases and syndromes may be tied to mutations in a single gene. Among other things, these findings, combined with other research in the Weizmann lab, may help provide new means of diagnosing and treating autoimmune disorders. read more

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