Immune System 'Light Chain Glitch' Tied To Higher Likelihood Of Death

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Immune System ‘Light Chain Glitch’ Tied To Higher Likelihood Of Death

By
Dana Sparks

June 4, 2012

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified an immune system 'glitch' that reveals people whose immune systems produce too much of an antibody molecule called a free light chain are far more likely to die of a life-threatening illness like cancer, diabetes or cardiac and respiratory disease than those whose bodies make normal levels.
The study is published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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