Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana helps to define cause of Job's disease
| September 25, 2007 |  View for printing |
Named after the biblical character, the rare and gradually destructive Job's disease has remained somewhat of a mystery for the last 41 years.
Now, thanks largely to research lead by Frank DeLeo, Ph.D. at Rocky Mountain Laboratories in collaboration with a global research team, a specific mutation related to the cause of Job's disease has been found.
Job's disease, or hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome, is a suspected genetic defect that produces high levels of the antibody immunoglobulin. It causes serious skin and lung infections, as well as eczema.
A publication documenting RML's research was published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers discovered that a mutation of a specific human gene was instrumental in the cause of the disease.
by JENNY HARRIS - Ravalli Republic
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