Lupus drug passes key test, researchers say

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 10:35 in Health & Medicine

The experimental treatment Benlysta greatly reduced symptoms of the autoimmune disorder in a test, says Human Genome Sciences. The findings offer hope that a 50-year drought in new drugs may end. After a 50-year drought of new drugs and a string of disappointing failures of potential treatments for lupus, researchers said Monday that they have found an experimental drug that can ameliorate the...

Read the whole article on LA Times - Health

More from LA Times - Health

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net