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Category: Updates and Events

Lupus Research Alliance Inaugural Gala Honors Founding Board & Pfizer Inc

NEW YORK, NY – Nov. 16, 2016. The newly merged Lupus Research Alliance celebrated its debut at the Inaugural Gala, uniting the three world leaders in lupus research as the driving force for better treatments and a cure. In just one night, the country’s largest lupus fundraising event raised over $2.5 million – with every […] Read More

Running for Lupus Research – Meet Brittany Morris

January 18, 2024 Brittany Morris was supposed to be a professional athlete.  As a child, she was one of her community’s fastest track stars, a sprinter with big plans to compete as a pro-runner, at least with a scholarship to join a college team. But suddenly at 12 years old she developed confusing symptoms that […] Read More

Lupus Therapeutics Announces Partnership to Support the Evaluation of Natural Killer (NK) Cell Therapy in Lupus Nephritis

NEW YORK, N.Y. — October 17, 2023: Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical research affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, today announced a partnership with Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX), a biopharmaceutical company developing the engineered natural killer (NK) cell therapy NKX019 for refractory lupus nephritis that has not responded to standard treatment. Lupus Therapeutics has provided advisory […] Read More

Support Team Life Without Lupus at NYC Marathon

February 2024 Are you looking for a challenge that can change people’s lives?  Help run lupus into the ground by supporting our Team Life Without Lupus! Team Life Without Lupus is the official competitive team of the Lupus Research Alliance, the largest private funder of lupus research in the world. Through our team, amateur athletes […] Read More

Embracing the Arts to Educate and Advocate

February 1, 2024 In honor of Black History Month, we bring you the story of eloquent poet performer and lupus advocate Shanelle Gabriel.  With a focus on the theme “African Americans and the Arts,” Black History Month is a perfect time to hear from Shanelle, a woman who uses her poetry and music to elevate […] Read More

Three Renowned Researchers Share Scientific Successes

August, 2018 Three outstanding presentations by researchers at the Philadelphia Lupus Research Alliance Advancing Lupus Care Through Research and Advocacy Conference are summarized here: Dr. Andrea Knight, The Hospital for Sick Children (Canada) “Lupus in Children: Effects on the Developing Brain” Dr. Knight focused on the effects of brain inflammation that occurs in at about […] Read More