By Quinn Eastman New research on the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) provides hints to the origins of the puzzling disorder. The results were published in Nature Immunology. In people with SLE, their B…
The Lupus Research Alliance has awarded its 2019 Lupus Insight Prize to Ignacio Sanz, MD, director of the Division of Rheumatology, for discovering that certain little-understood immune system cells are a major source of the harmful proteins that…
Ignacio Sanz, MD (director, Emory University Division of Rheumatology) was recently nominated by his peers to join the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The AAP is a non-profit professional organization founded in 1885 by seven physicians, including…
Join Emory’s “Hope on the Rise for Lupus” team for the 2017 “Walk to End Lupus Now,” hosted by the Lupus Foundation of America. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, the Emory team raised more than $20,000 for the…
People with systemic lupus erythematosus can experience several symptoms, including fatigue, joint pain, skin rashes, and kidney problems. Often, these symptoms come in attacks called “flares.” In patients with lupus, the immune system becomes confused…