A clinical trial led by researchers from UCL and UCLH, which is soon to get underway, aims to transform the lives of lupus patients who don’t respond to current treatments. More than 3,000 people, mainly women, are diagnosed with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE) in the UK every year. The disease is an incurable and potentially life-threatening autoimmune condition that can cause the body’s immune system to attack its major organs. Characterised by arthritis, skin rashes, chronic