Lupus Chemotherapy

Lupus Chemotherapy

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

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.