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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Researchers find gene associated with Lupus
"The on-line journal, Nature Genetics, reports that Dr. Timothy W. Behrens, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota and colleagues have identified a variant of a gene that is associated with lupus... Lupus is likely to be caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Although knowledge about the regions of chromosomes on which lupus genes seem to be located has been advancing, actual identification of genes that might contribute to this condition has been limited. This is because the genetics of lupus is highly complex with likely dozens of genes involved that will vary among different ethnic groups and among affected individuals within these groups. Thus, there will not be one gene found for lupus, but many that are likely to differ from person to person." - from Lupus Foundation of America News
"The on-line journal, Nature Genetics, reports that Dr. Timothy W. Behrens, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota and colleagues have identified a variant of a gene that is associated with lupus... Lupus is likely to be caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Although knowledge about the regions of chromosomes on which lupus genes seem to be located has been advancing, actual identification of genes that might contribute to this condition has been limited. This is because the genetics of lupus is highly complex with likely dozens of genes involved that will vary among different ethnic groups and among affected individuals within these groups. Thus, there will not be one gene found for lupus, but many that are likely to differ from person to person." - from Lupus Foundation of America News
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