A research team led by Hospital for Special Surgery Research Institute, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded two grants, one from the Department of Defense and one from the National Institutes of Health, to conduct groundbreaking research regarding lupus flares.1 Sun exposure can trigger skin lesions and worsening of kidneys or other internal organs affected by lupus, but how inflammation at the skin leads to internal organ effects is unknown.
January 5, 2023
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