Gap in the Defenses (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Gap in the Defenses

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Researchers have identified a new immune system deficiency in which mutations in the gene RORC result in susceptibility to otherwise relatively harmless mycobacteria. A six-year-old Chilean girl with RORC defects had mycobacterial abscesses (white) in her brain and abdomen.

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Macarena Lagos, Padre Hurtado Hospital and Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile

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