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The document summarizes research on paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a blood disease caused by complement-mediated hemolysis of red blood cells deficient in complement regulatory proteins. Key points: - Researchers cloned the PIG-A gene, which is defective in PNH patients and causes deficiency of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor needed to attach complement regulatory proteins to red blood cells. - PIG-A mutations are somatic, occurring randomly in hematopoietic stem cells. This acc

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