HOUSTON, July 6 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

Ten-year Study Aims to Uncover Earliest Biological Triggers of Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Related Auto Immune Diseases

By Laurie Fickman - (713) 743-8454

The debilitating array of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Lupus are chronic, without cure and impact more than 30 million people worldwide.

With a $4M grant from the National Institutes of Health, a University of Houston pioneer in autoimmune research, Chandra Mohan, is launching a 10-year study set to target the very heart of autoimmune disease - examining what causes the body to attack itself and identifying biological pathways that could become targets for new ...