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Professor Lucy Walker was one of three professors involved in the discovery. Picture: Polly Hancock <\/p>\n
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Researchers at the Royal Free hospital have made a significant discovery in ensuring people are able to fight infections. <\/p>\n
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Professors at the UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT), based at the hospital in Pond Street, discovered a faulty copy of a single gene CTLA4 leads to the condition primary immunodeficiency (PID). <\/p>\n
The research will mean doctors can diagnose this condition more easily, using a simple genetic test. <\/p>\n
Patients with PID have an immune system which does not provide them with enough protection from infections. <\/p>\n
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