Researchers Find 6 New Sjogren's Syndrome Genes

With the completion of the first genome-wide association study for Sjogren's syndrome, an international coalition of researchers has identified six new disease-related genes. The researchers were led by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Their work appears in the journal iNature Genetics/i. Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system becomes confused and turns against the body's moisture-producing ...