New Biomarkers For Lupus Found

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A Wake Forest University School of Medicine team believes it has found biomarkers for lupus that also may play a role in causing the disease.The biomarkers are micro-ribonucleic acids (micro-RNAs), said Nilamadhab Mishra, M.D. He and colleagues reported at the American College of Rheumatology meeting in Washington that they had found profound differences in the expression of micro-RNAs between five lupus patients and six healthy control patients who did not have lupus.>>> Discuss This Story

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