OMRF study ties autoimmune disease to aging

Often the concept behind a scientific study is quite complex. But sometimes it’s simply a matter of proving an idea that seems like common sense. And so it was for Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Harini Bagavant, Ph.D., and Umesh Deshmukh, Ph.D. Their discovery partially answers a lingering mystery of Sjögren’s, an autoimmune disease that affects moisture-producing glands. The…