Gene Mutation Discovered That Causes Children To Be Born Without A Spleen

The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists from Rockefeller's St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics and Infectious Diseases has now identified the defective gene responsible for this rare disorder. The findings, reported in Science Express, may lead to new diagnostic tests and raises new questions about the role of this gene in the body's protein-making machinery...

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