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CAR T Cell Therapy Induces Lupus Remission in Small Study

September 21, 2022 Results of a small study published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine, suggest that a type of immune...

2022 Breaking Through Gala

This year the Lupus Research Alliance Breaking Through Gala will take place the evening of Monday, November 21, 2022...

NY Jets Kickoff Luncheon Raises Funds for LRA and Honors Kenneth Farber

September 7, 2022 The New York Jets 2022 football season kicked off last week with a spectacular luncheon that raised...

NIH Awards $500,000 to Advance to Advance Diversity in Lupus Trials

August 31, 2022 We are excited to share good news – our Lupus Clinical Investigators Network, LuCIN, managed by LRA’s...

LRA Earns High Recommendations from Five Groups Evaluating U.S. Charities

September 1, 2022 September 5 is designated by the United Nations as the International Day of Charity – created to...

Long-time Supporter LADA Donates $150,000 to LRA-Funded Research

August 29, 2022 Big thanks go to the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (LADA) for their donation of $150,000...

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Data of Litifilimab in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

August, 2022 We are pleased to share positive results from the two-part Phase 2 LILAC study published in the New England...

Researchers Discover How Gut Bacteria Can Trigger Autoimmunity

August 4, 2022 Immunologists have found that a certain gut bacteria escapes from the intestines to trigger inflammation that can...

Overcoming the Uncertainties of Living with Chronic Diseases like Lupus

July 21, 2022 Interview with Michael D. Lockshin, MD, MACR Director Emeritus, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease and...

Study Finds Booster Vaccine Significantly Lowered COVID-19 Infection Risk Among People with Lupus

July 14, 2022 The booster dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine significantly enhanced the degree of protection from COVID-19 infections for...

Wise Words During Men’s Health Month

June 15, 2022 It took years for Dan Baruah aka ‘Dan the Man’ to come to terms with having lupus....

LRA Brings Encouraging News from European Rheumatology Meeting

June 2, 2022 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and its clinical trial arm Lupus Therapeutics congratulate Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)...