Global Lupus Community Rallied by Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Norm Lewis and a Host of Inspiring Lupus Advocates New York, NY. November 24, 2020 – The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA)’s 2020 Virtual Fundraising Event surpassed its goal last night, raising $3.1 million for lupus research programs. Led by inspiring words from Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez […] READ MORE
November 23, 2020 Up to 95% of lupus patients report pain and fatigue caused by the disease. To explore ways to fix this, a research team led by Dr. Cynthia Aranow at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research studied whether lessening inflammation in patients with lupus would also lessen pain and fatigue. In this study, […] READ MORE
November 19, 2020 Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez Invite Global Lupus Community New York, NY. November 19 – The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is taking the show on-line this year with a preeminent virtual Fundraising Event celebrating extraordinary scientific achievements. Performances will include a special tribute by the one-and-only Lady Gaga and a solo by Broadway […] READ MORE
November 19, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance supported an impressive number — 30+ — of studies presented at ACR Convergence 2020, this year’s meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. Each year, researchers are selected to share their discoveries in talks and poster sessions, allowing medical professionals to keep up to date with the latest […] READ MORE
November 19, 2020 The LRA is proud to share the extraordinary work presented at ACR Convergence 2020 by research members of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) program (AMP RA/SLE). AMP is a public-private partnership between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), eight biopharmaceutical companies, the LRA and several […] READ MORE
November 11, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance is pleased to share details of the 2021 spending package announced by the U.S. Senate last night with several potential “wins” for lupus research. While not 100% in line with our requests, funding for lupus research is substantial and due in large part to the hard work of […] READ MORE
November 10, 2020 Lupus affects individuals differently, from disease symptoms to responses to treatments. Lupus patients of African ancestry often show significantly greater severity of lupus and respond to lupus drugs differently than lupus patients of European ancestry. In a collaboration among investigators at RILITE Foundation led by Dr. Peter Lipsky and Wake Forest School […] READ MORE
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) held our annual scientific conference, the Forum for Discovery, online in true 2020 fashion. More than 150 funded investigators, scientific advisors, and partners from the pharmaceutical and biotech industries logged on from their computers around the world to hear about new discoveries from LRA-funded researchers. LRA President Ken Farber emphasized […] READ MORE
Results of clinical trials testing potential lupus treatments were highlighted at the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting ACR Convergence 2020. These studies include phase I trials, which test for side effects and a safe dosage; larger phase II trials, which test for effectiveness and further gauge safety; and large phase III trials, which confirm […] READ MORE
30+ presentations of studies funded by the Lupus Research Alliance on a variety of immune pathways Results from three clinical studies conducted in part by LRA-affiliate Lupus Therapeutics (LT) through its trials network 10 lupus presentations by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) program (AMP RA/SLE) NEW YORK, NY, […] READ MORE
November 3, 2020 There is no doubt about it. The research into the mechanisms of pediatric lupus nephritis conducted by Elena Hsieh, MD, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, is driven by her genuine concern for the wellbeing of children—and a lifelong passion for science. With her new grant from the Lupus Research […] READ MORE
November 3, 2020 While children with lupus can experience manifestations similar to adults with the disease, children present with more acute illness, more frequent flares, and increased risk of major organ involvement—including those of the heart. With her LRA grant, Joyce Chang, MD, MSCE from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, aims to understand why children with […] READ MORE
