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Published: April 5, 2008
State expert finds clues to save lives
By Jeff Raymond
An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist's work may explain why lupus occurs more in women.

Dr. Amr Sawalha discovered a gene on the X chromosome that likely plays a role in the autoimmune disorder. Women carry two X chromosomes but men carry only one.

Women develop lupus nine times more than men.

Chromosomes are long pieces of DNA found in cells. Humans have 23 pairs.

"This is the first gen...

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