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Tag: Global Team Science Award

Gut Bacteria May Hold the Key to New Lupus Treatments

A groundbreaking study led by Martin Kriegel, MD, PhD, Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Münster, Germany, has revealed that certain gut bacteria can escape the gut and stimulate harmful immune activity in lupus patients. The research, published in the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine, sheds light on the mechanisms behind […] Read More

Highlights from ACR Convergence 2024:  Groundbreaking LRA-Funded Research and Innovative Therapies

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to showcase the groundbreaking work of its funded researchers presented at the 2024 ACR Convergence meeting held this November in Washington, D.C. From novel steroid-sparing strategies to precision immunotherapies, this year’s presentations promise to bring new insights and transformative approaches to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related autoimmune […] Read More

LRA-Funded Study Sheds Light on Childhood Lupus Nephritis

A study partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and published in Science Translational Medicine used advanced technology to study where and how immune cells interact within kidney tissue in lupus nephritis (LN), a severe kidney disease caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). By applying a cutting-edge tool called spatial transcriptomics, Shaun Jackson, MD, […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Grants $6 Million in First Global Team Science Awards

This Largest-Ever Grant Will Fund Two Projects Examining Why Lupus Differs for Each Person NEW YORK, NY. Sept. 21, 2021. Today, the Lupus Research Alliance is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of its largest grant to date, the Global Team Science Award, which will fund international, multidisciplinary research teams to unravel lupus heterogeneity with […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Sets Bold New Strategic Plan for Research to Accelerate Innovative Research and Treatment Breakthroughs

Updated July 15, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) today announced a bold Strategic Plan for Research (Strategic Plan) that identifies core issues and sets new priorities to transform lupus research, accelerate breakthrough treatments and ultimately, find a cure through the power of precision medicine. The Strategic Plan is informed by years of funded research […] Read More

COVID-19 Update: A Message from LRA President & CEO

March 18, 2020 Dear Friends, Your well-being is the utmost priority for all of us at the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). We are consulting with top lupus clinicians and scientists in monitoring the situation posed by the spread of the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) often referred to as COVID-19, across the world and committed to doing […] Read More

LRA Launches Largest-Ever Team Grants to Unravel Lupus Complexity

February 6, 2020 The complexity of lupus has been a challenge for decades, but advances in human immunology, technology, and computation offer a new and unique opportunity to speed up major advances.  The time is right to bring personalized medicine to lupus treatment. And going into 2020, the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is seizing that […] Read More