Lupus Chemotherapy
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1683 , Segment 5
Teaching 9/11, Wedding Frenzy, Science of Spirituality
Episode: Teaching 9/11, Wedding Frenzy, Science of Spirituality
- Sep 9, 2021 8:00 pm
- 9:30 mins
Chemotherapy drugs are designed to kill cancer cells. But they’re also sometimes used to treat people with autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. How does that work? What are they killing in the body of someone with an autoimmune disorder? Andrew Wang is a rheumatologist who treats autoimmune disorders and a professor at the Yale School of Medicine.