Participants Being Sought for Online Survey of Lupus Patients’ Blood Types

An ongoing online survey to examine the distribution of blood types among lupus patients could provide important information about why people develop the disease, researchers say. The survey is a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Scleroderma Education Project. The two groups have already conducted a similar survey among…

New Insights Into The Activation of The Immune System in Lupus

An international team of researchers recently published in the journal Nature Materials new findings on the activation of the body’s immune response in autoimmune disorders like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and psoriasis. The study is entitled “Liquid-crystalline ordering of antimicrobial peptide–DNA complexes controls TLR9…