{"id":207394,"date":"2025-02-27T22:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T04:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/some-people-are-immune-to-a-deadly-disease-scientists-finally-know-why"},"modified":"2025-02-27T22:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T04:07:06","slug":"some-people-are-immune-to-a-deadly-disease-scientists-finally-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/some-people-are-immune-to-a-deadly-disease-scientists-finally-know-why","title":{"rendered":"Some People Are Immune to a Deadly Disease \u2014 Scientists Finally Know Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/some-people-are-immune-to-a-deadly-disease-scientists-finally-know-why2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A rare genetic disease that ravages some but spares others has baffled researchers \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that a genetic variant, HAQ-STING, acts as a shield against COPA Syndrome, a discovery that could lead to life-changing gene therapies. For families long plagued by the disease, the revelation was both an explanation and a beacon of hope.<\/p>\n<p>A breakthrough in understanding COPA syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare genetic disease that ravages some but spares others has baffled researchers \u2014 until now. Researchers found that a genetic variant, HAQ-STING, acts as a shield against COPA Syndrome, a discovery that could lead to life-changing gene therapies. For families long plagued by the disease, the revelation was both an explanation and a beacon [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}