The cause of lupus has long escaped doctors trying to treat the autoimmune disease. However, a study published this week identified a cause of lupus based on molecular defects in patients' blood.

The cause of lupus has long escaped doctors trying to treat the autoimmune disease. However, a study published this week identified a cause of lupus based on molecular defects in patients' blood.

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they’ve discovered a root cause of lupus, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S.

Lupus is caused by a specific defect in the immune system that can be reversed, potentially curing the autoimmune disorder, a new study claims.

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine may have discovered the cause of lupus. Here's what to know about the breakthrough and what it means for lupus treatments.

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they’ve discovered a root cause of lupus, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S.

Most people survive with lupus, but the Lupus Foundation said around 10 to 15% of people with lupus die prematurely due to complications of the disease. Before the study was published this week, ...

Scientists say they have identified a root cause of lupus — one that could pave the way for new treatments An imbalance of T cells, which play a key role in the body’s immune response, could ...

Researchers identified a new cause for lupus. The patients in the study had a chemical imbalance that controlled how their T cells, a type of white blood cell that's part of the immune system, reacted ...

Because lupus symptoms are so varied and the contributing factors are manifold, “it’s been very hard to find one singular root cause for the disease,” Lennard Richard said.