DALLAS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Baylor Research Institute said Monday it has received a $6.2 federal grant to establish a Center for Lupus Research.
The institute received the money from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
"This was an extremely competitive grant and we are fortunate that our proposal for a Center for Lupus Research was selected," said Virginia Pascual, a physician who will head the new center. "The goals of the Center for Lupus Research include the characterization of several cell types isolated from the blood of lupus patients."
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States, approximately 90 percent of whom are women.
