Rheumatoid arthritis: largest study yet yields risk gene haul
The largest genetic study of rheumatoid arthritis to date has found an additional 42 disease-associated locations in the genome...
Dr Jamie Heather is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. He is currently a Research Fellow in the Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, still studying T cells and their applications in cancer and beyond. He tweets as @jamimmunology .
The largest genetic study of rheumatoid arthritis to date has found an additional 42 disease-associated locations in the genome...
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