Hope For The Treatment Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 18:21
in Health & Medicine
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory disease that progressively damages numerous organs in the body. Treatments are available, but none is specific to the disease, and they can have severe adverse effects. Scientists have now discovered a protein fragment, the P140 peptide, that is capable of treating lupus-affected mice.