Fauci, who directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, won the two-year-old prize for developing effective therapies for once-fatal immune and rheumatic diseases like Wegener's granulomatosis and polyarteritis nodosa, contributions to science and distinguished public service.
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He co-authored the first reports on hepatitis B associated polyarteritis nodosa; early reports on twins with lupus; studies on neurologic lupus, including treatment and cognitive dysfunction; pregnancy and lupus; atherosclerosis and lupus, and many research papers on the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
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Fauci found that small doses of two drugs that had been used in larger amounts in cancer therapy _ cyclophosphamide ( Cytoxan ) and steroids ( prednisone ) _ could produce remissions of three noncancerous disorders : Wegener's granulomatosis, which can affect the sinuses, lungs, kidneys and other organs; polyarteritis nodosa, an autoimmune disorder of blood vessels; and lymphatoid granulomatosis, which destroys arteries and veins.
