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LRA Awards 2025 Lupus Insight Prize to Dr. Deepak Rao for Uncovering Key Drivers of Immune Imbalance in Lupus
June 25, 2025
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) proudly awarded the 2025 Lupus Insight Prize today to highly respected immunologist Deepak Rao,...
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Sports stars team up with NFL Champion Willie Colon to Drive Lupus Research
Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon Drives Discovery at 2025 Annual Lupus Research Alliance Golf Fundraiser
June 24, 2025
Over 300 attendees raised $450,000 to fuel research breakthroughs for those living with lupus   [caption id="attachment_14851" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Sports stars...
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LRA Launches Lupus Nexus Foundational Analyses
Lupus Research Alliance Spearheads Groundbreaking Lupus Nexus Foundational Analyses to Accelerate Personalized Lupus Treatments and a Cure
May 20, 2025
Largest private funder of lupus research initiates major efforts to integrate numerous biospecimen analyses with clinical data and patient-reported outcomes...
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Lupus Research Alliance Takes Action for Lupus Awareness Month: Striving for a World Free of Lupus
May 1, 2025
This May, the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), the largest non-governmental private funder of lupus research, will shine a spotlight...
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NJ Walk with Us to Cure Lupus
Lupus Research Alliance Invites New Jersey Community to Walk with Us to Cure Lupus May 17 at MetLife Stadium
April 30, 2025
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) will unite thousands of dedicated lupus champions and the community at the “2025 New...
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Accelerating Lupus Research with ThorSport Racing
ThorSport Racing & Ty Majeski Partner with Lupus Research Alliance to Drive Awareness for Lupus
April 22, 2025
ThorSport Racing and 2024 NASCAR Truck Series Champion Ty Majeski are teaming up with the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) to launch a...
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The RRF and LRA Join Forces to Offer Funding to Address Lupus
The Rheumatology Research Foundation and the Lupus Research Alliance Join Forces to Offer Funding to Address Lupus
April 17, 2025
Amid ongoing fluctuations in federal research funding, a declining physician workforce, and increasing patient needs, the Rheumatology Research Foundation...
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2024 Awardees: Lupus Innovation Award
Lupus Research Alliance Grants Lupus Innovation Awards to Eleven Talented Researchers to Accelerate Pace of Discovery in Lupus Research
April 15, 2025
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Lupus Innovation Award (LIA), addressing...
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2025 Targeted Research Program on Engineered Cell Therapies for Lupus (TRP-ECT) Awardees
Lupus Research Alliance Grants Inaugural Awards to 11 Researchers Focused on Engineered Cell Therapies for Lupus
March 20, 2025
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the new Targeted Research Program on...
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2025 Breaking Through Gala stage decoration and lighting
2024 Lupus Research Alliance Gala Raises Millions to Improve Lives of People with Lupus
November 26, 2024
Star-studded evening featured Tamron Hall, Halsey, and Honored LRA Founder Robert Wood Johnson and Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg...
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Lupus Therapeutics Announces a New, Groundbreaking Mechanism to Fund Clinical Studies Addressing the Impact of Diet, Nutrition, and Microbiome on Lupus  
November 22, 2024
 Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), today announced a pioneering funding mechanism to address one...
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News from ACR Convergence 2024
Lupus Therapeutics Statement on Positive Data from Phase 3 PHOENYCS GO Trial in Moderate-To-Severe Systemic Lupus
November 19, 2024
Lupus Therapeutics, the clinical research affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), is encouraged by the positive Phase 3...