The world’s first vaccine for a disease that causes misery for millions in Africa could be tested within five years.
Tag: Immune System / Vaccines
Six new Sjögren’s syndrome genes identified
With the completion of the first genome-wide association study for Sjögren’s syndrome, an international coalition of researchers led by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has identified six new disease-related genes. Their work appears in the journal Nature Genetics…
To Improve Treatments For AMD And The Rare Kidney Disease AHUS, Tissue-Specific Therapies Need To Be Developed
Both AMD, which affects around 50 million people worldwide, and aHUS, a rare kidney disease that affects children, are associated with incorrectly controlled immune systems. A protein called complement factor H (CFH) is responsible for regulating part…