More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have lupus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the nonprofit Lupus Foundation of America estimates the number is ...

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.

Lupus occurs when the immune system turns on the body, causing systemic inflammation that can result in life-threatening damage to organs like the kidneys, heart and brain.

Researchers say they’ve discovered a root cause of lupus, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S.

Researchers 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, ...

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 ...