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A woman with a rare disease has been spontaneously cured in an event so improbable doctors say it is the medical equivalent of a lottery win.
The woman in her 50s, who is not being named, was plagued by warts and infections as part of "WHIM syndrome" - caused by a defective immune system.
But US doctors say a fluke DNA mutation, reported in the journal Cell, effectively cured her in her 30s.
One doctor said the odds of it happening were "astronomically low".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31145601
The woman in her 50s, who is not being named, was plagued by warts and infections as part of "WHIM syndrome" - caused by a defective immune system.
But US doctors say a fluke DNA mutation, reported in the journal Cell, effectively cured her in her 30s.
One doctor said the odds of it happening were "astronomically low".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31145601