JULY 12, 2024 by deCODE genetics LAG3 5′ UTR variant rs781745126-T creates a novel upstream open reading frame (uORF) and associates with lower plasma levels of LAG-3. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50007-7Scientists at deCODE genetics have published a study in Nature Communications, comparing over 110 thousand patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) from Iceland,...
by William B. Inabnet III, University of Kentucky Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere are 20 million people in the United States who suffer from thyroid disease. According to the National Cancer Institute, Kentucky has a higher rate of thyroid cancer than the rest of the country. The thyroid gland is an organ that sits in the...
by William B. Inabnet III, University of Kentucky Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere are 20 million people in the United States who suffer from thyroid disease. According to the National Cancer Institute, Kentucky has a higher rate of thyroid cancer than the rest of the country. The thyroid gland is an organ that sits in the neck...
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET IMAGE: KRISTIN WALDENLINDCREDIT: PHOTO: STEFAN ZIMMERMAN Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. It is well known that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of autoimmune...
