Stem Cell Transplant Fights Lupus: It's a last resort for patients who aren't helped by other treatments

Source: HealthDay News
Posted: January 31, 2006

By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors say they have helped people with lupus, a disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue and organs, by using stem cell transplants to give them a new, less harmful, immune system.