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By Studying How Killer Viruses Work Against Our Immune System, Lupus Research Alliance Funded Researcher May Have Found a New Way to Treat Lupus

July 26, 2018 By uncovering how some killer viruses beat our immune system, scientists partly funded by the Lupus Research...

Albert T. Roy, Executive Director Lupus Therapeutics, LLC

I’m writing this blog because the Lupus Research Alliance, and its affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics is determined to drive discovery...

Get Inspired!

July 17, 2018 The Lupus Research Alliance New York City Lupus Research Reception featured incredible speakers whose remarks are well...

Our Distinguished Innovator Awardee Makes Major Discovery for Lupus, Infections and Even Cancer

July 12, 2018 With funding from our most competitive grant Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen, Professor of Molecular Biology at UT Southwestern,...

Take Survey to Help Advance Clinical Studies for New Lupus Treatments

July 3, 2018 The Lupus Research Alliance, Antidote, and SCORR Marketing are conducting a survey to learn what people with lupus...

Neovacs Announces the Results of its Phase IIb Study for Ifnalpha Kinoid in the Treatment of Lupus Which Allows to Proceed With the Clinical Development into Phase III

July 3, 2018 Neovacs announced the results of its Phase IIb clinical trial of the investigational agent IFNalpha Kinoid in...

Lupus Insight Prize Presented to Dr. Betty Diamond

The 2018 Lupus Insight Prize was awarded on June 21, 2018 to Betty Diamond, MD, Professor & Head, Center...

Successful Advocacy Bringing Millions in Research Dollars to Lupus

June 28, 2018 With an overwhelming majority vote of 359 to 49, the House of Representatives just passed a bill...

Lupus Research Alliance Investment in Innovation Delivers Results

June 27, 2018 This new issue of the Lupus Research Update (LRU) takes you behind the scenes of some of...

Baricitinib Shows Positive Results for SLE in Phase 2 Study

June 19, 2018 Once-daily oral baricitinib 4 mg was associated with significant clinical improvements compared with placebo in patients with...

Sisters Share their Story of Living with Lupus, as a Patient and Caregiver

Juana and Estela Mata Share their Story of Living with Lupus, as a Patient and Caregiver From one day to...

Department of Defense Lupus Research Program Supported in New Bill

June 13, 2018 Our advocates knocked on Capitol doors in March with requests to robustly fund the Lupus Research Program...