Discovery of a gene variant that confers risk of multiple sclerosis and lupus
(WorldNews Italy)

27/04/2017 The study, supported by the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (FISM) and the National Institute on Aging of the NIH, was carried out by an international team of researchers led by Francesco Cucca, M.D., Director of the Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research of the Italian National Research Council and professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Sassari. MS and Lupus are autoiummune diseases, caused by the immune system`s attack on a patient`s own normal tissues: the myelin coating of nerves in MS, and the skin, kidneys, and other organs in Lupus. The mechanism revealed in the...