Lupus Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting
The Lupus Research Alliance collaborated with the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association and the Lupus Foundation of America on...
Stories & News
Patient Involvement: The Next Critical Step
October, 2018
Certainly, advocacy is absolutely necessary to generate funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal organizations,...
Advocacy on the Personal Level
“Advocacy has many forms, including taking action for one’s own health. It’s self-advocacy — even though many would not think...
Advocacy: The Critical First Step
Advocacy can mean different things to different people. Some seek to make changes in policy and funding at state...
Lupus Kidneys Copy Tumors’ Tactic to Protect Themselves
October 4, 2018
Abnormal immune cells invade the kidneys in patients with lupus and can damage the organs so severely...
Cancer Study Shows How Body’s Trash Pickup Fails in Lupus
October 4, 2018
Immune cells called macrophages that normally clear away the body’s trash don’t do their jobs in lupus....
Good News from Aurinia Pharmaceuticals for Lupus Nephritis
September 25, 2018
Congratulations to Aurinia Pharmaceuticals for completing patient enrollment in the AURORA Phase 3 clinical trial ahead of...
Better Survival Rates from Severe Lupus Nephritis
September 20, 2018
Significantly more people are surviving end-stage renal (kidney) disease caused by lupus nephritis according to a long-term...
Breaking Through Lupus Gala 2018
The Lupus Research Alliance celebrates our annual Breaking through Lupus Gala on November 19, 2018 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom...
Sheena M. Ogando, MD, RhMSUS, RYS200
Hello my precious Lupus-ees! My name is Sheena Ogando, I’m a born and raised New Yorker, part-time yoga instructor,...
Well on Our Way to Advocacy Victory for Lupus!
September 14, 2018
Congratulations are in order for lupus advocacy! The two budget requests Lupus Research Alliance advocates worked so...
Lupus Insight Prize Winner Finds Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Memory Loss in Lupus
September 7, 2018
We congratulate Dr. Betty Diamond of Feinstein Institute for Medical Research for her recently published work showing...