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And a grant to Robert A. Eisenberg, MD, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, is designed to compensate for some of the limitations of researching atherosclerosis in people with lupus. One limitation is that coronary artery plaques accumulate gradually (stretching studies out over years). Another is that the disease tends to be clinically silent until a heart attack or other serious problem occurs.
Dr. Eisenberg's solution is to develop a new breed of mice with an inherited susceptibility to both conditions: lupus and atherosclerosis.
