A world-first ANU discovery has found a gene mutation is responsible for causing psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, debilitating autoimmune diseases that patients say carry stigma in the community.

JCSMR researchers have found rare coding variants in a lupus risk gene which could help understand how the immune system mistakenly targets the body's own tissues.

The discovery of a previously unknown ability of a group of cells, known as ABCs, to fight infections could open doors for longer lasting malaria treatments.