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2024 United Airlines New York City Half-Marathon

Sunday March 17 , 2024 marks the next United Airlines NYC Half Marathon. The Lupus Research Alliance Team Life Without Lupus® could not be more excited to take part in this annual event once again. Join our Team and apply for one of LRA’s Guaranteed Spots here. Have you or someone you know imagined running […] Read More

New Approach to Treating Lupus Nephritis

February 6, 2019 Scientists partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance have found a potential new way to protect the kidneys in patients with lupus. A study led by Dr. Vicki Rubin Kelley of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, suggests that blocking a molecule made by some cells in the kidney could reduce […] Read More

Support Team Life Without Lupus at NYC Marathon

August, 2023 Maybe you can’t run a Marathon…Or have that as a goal for next year. But you can help run lupus into the ground by supporting our Team Life Without Lupus! Team Life Without Lupus is the official competitive team of the Lupus Research Alliance, the largest private funder of lupus research in the […] 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. 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 the […] Read More

Investigational CAR T Cell Gets Fast Tracked by U.S. FDA

May 1, 2023 The LRA and our clinical arm Lupus Therapeutics are pleased to share good news from Cabaletta Bio, Inc. that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for CABA-201, a CAR T cell investigational therapy in development to treat systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis – a common […] Read More

Lupus Wins Big at Dedicated NY Jets Game

November 2, 2022 Last Sunday brought major fundraising support to the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) during Lupus Awareness Day at the New York Jets game against rival New England Patriots. WATCH this pregame interview on SNY with Jets Chairman and LRA Founding Chairman Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson IV talking about how far lupus research has come […] Read More

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 to support research funded by the Lupus Research Alliance given at their 22nd Annual Lupus Charity Golf Classic at Shenendoah Golf Course at Turning Stone in upstate New York. LADA President & CEO Kathleen A. […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Launches Two Major Initiatives to Increase Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in Lupus Clinical Trials and Research

January 27, 2022 NEW YORK, NY. January 27 — The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and its clinical affiliate Lupus Therapeutics (LT) announced two major initiatives to address underrepresentation of minorities in clinical trials and in the scientific research profession: Project CHANGE by LT and the Diversity in Lupus Research Program. The organization has tackled these […] Read More