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Genes linked with lupus are revealed, giving hope for new treatments

Scientists have identified a number of genes involved in lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease, in new research published today in the journal Nature Genetics. In an international genetic study of more than 3,000 women, researchers found evidence of an association between lupus and mutations in several different genes.

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