Source: Los Angeles Times
By Jia-Rui Chong
Times Staff Writer
Transplants of stem cells harvested from bone marrow have provided the first successful treatment for lupus patients who have not responded to other therapies, Chicago researchers reported Tuesday.
The study, which enrolled 50 people with the incurable autoimmune disease, found that half had no signs of the disease after five years. Those patients no longer required drugs to keep their immune systems from attacking their tissues, according to the study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
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