New Genetic Cause Of A Fatal Immune Disorder
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 03:28
in Health & Medicine
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is an inherited, fatal, immune disorder. Disease-causing mutations have been identified in several genes. Now, researchers have added a new gene to this list by determining that two distinct mutations in the gene that generates syntaxin-binding protein 2 cause disease in a subset of patients with FHL.