Dammit, Otto, you have LUPUS!

Alcoholism is a disease. But it's, like, the only disease you can get yelled at for havin'. Dammit, Otto! You're an alcoholic! Dammit, Otto, you have LUPUS! One of those two doesn't sound right.

-Mitch Hedberg


From the NY Times

Uncovering the Mysteries of Immunity, and of Lupus

By ANDREA PEIRCE

Courtesy Dr. Mark Shlomchik/Yale School of Medicine

Scientists are seeking to uncover why the immune system attacks healthy cells in lupus. Antinuclear antibodies, like those shown here in lupus-prone mice, are a hallmark of the disease.