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NIH Work Co-Supported by LRA May Simplify Lupus Nephritis Monitoring

June 20, 2019 As reported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), research published by the NIH Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP)...

LRA-Supported Discovery Highlighted at EULAR

June 19,2019 Partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance, new results presented at the European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2019...

Remember During Men’s Health Month that Men Get Lupus Too

June 20, 2019 Michael Lauria knows only too well that lupus is not just a woman’s disease – he was...

Cyclosporine Worked Faster than Mycophenolate Mofetil or Azathioprine for Lupus Nephritis

June 12, 2019 A study presented at EULAR showed that ongoing maintenance therapy with the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine helped lower...

Gut Bacteria May Cause Antiphospholipid Syndrome, LRA-Funded Study Shows

June 18, 2019 A common type of bacteria living in the gut may spark a common lupus complication called antiphospholipid...

KZR-616 Shows Promise According to Results Reported at EULAR

Kezar Life Sciences announced positive results from the MISSION Phase 1 study testing the investigational KZR-616 as a treatment...

Stelara® Effective Over One Year and Reduces Severe Flares

Results of two analyses from a Phase 2 study of Stelara® (ustekinumab) in lupus showed the drug’s effectiveness over...

Rituximab Effective for Maintenance Lupus Treatment Shows Study

June 13, 2019 A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that rituximab was helpful as a maintenance therapy for...

Results Presented at EULAR Find Investigational Lupus Treatment NKTR-358 Safe

June 13, 2019 New results from a clinical study with healthy volunteers found the investigational compound NKTR-358 safe and well-tolerated,...

Making Good Immune System Cells Turn Bad

Normally helpful immune system cells become harmful in patients with lupus. With a Novel Research Grant from the LRA,...

Lupus Counts as a National Men’s Health Issue

June is National Men’s Health Month, when the Lupus Research Alliance works to raise awareness of lupus as a...

Anti-Nuclear Antibodies May Confuse Lupus Diagnosis

Patients who may have lupus typically undergo an “ANA” test to detect anti-nuclear antibodies (ANAs). Lupus Research Alliance Distinguished...