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Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story

Three research teams working independently around the world have landed on the same discovery: A single molecular "handshake" inside our cells controls a family of inflammatory diseases, including one of the most common inherited fevers on Earth. The finding solved a decades-old puzzle for one family and led to a treatment that worked almost immediately.

Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story

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