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...
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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...
Make it Ecstatically Loud!
Blessed by an auto-immune disease at the age of 11, being different wasn’t really an option at the time,...