Lupus and other autoimmune diseases strike far more women than men. Now there's a clue why
February 2, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new research may finally explain why.
It's all about how the body handles females' extra X chromosome, Stanford University researchers reported Thursday — a finding that could lead to better ways to detect a long list of diseases that are hard to diagnose and treat.
"This transforms the way we think about this whole process of autoimmunity, especially the male-female bias," said University of Pennsylvania immunologist E. John Wherry, who wasn't invo...
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