image description

Tag: lupus research alliance

Kudos to Board Member Nadeem Meghji

Kudos to Board Member Nadeem Meghji May 9, 2018 Congratulations to Lupus Research Alliance Board member Nadeem Meghji for being chosen to join the World Economic Forum’s community of Young Global Leaders! Mr. Meghji is among 100 of the world’s most promising artists, business leaders, public servants, technologists and social entrepreneurs comprising this prestigious group. In […] Read More

It’s World Lupus Awareness Day

It’s World Lupus Awareness Day – when our community comes together to recognize and energize people battling lupus around the globe while educating and motivating others to lend their support. What better day to join our new community Forum – a place to unite with YOUR community – people who are facing the same struggles. […] Read More

Welcome to Lupus Awareness Month

        Welcome to Lupus Awareness Month The Lupus Research Alliance celebrates the strength, passion and optimism that marks people with lupus and those who love them this May. As we share the extraordinary stories of four lupus warriors over the next few weeks, we want to hear all of your stories. Each […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance and Lupus Therapeutics collaborate with Bristol-Myers Squibb on a New Lupus Trial

New York, NY. April 26, 2018. The Lupus Research Alliance today announced that the newly formed clinical affiliate Lupus Therapeutics will collaborate with the pharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), to conduct a global trial evaluating the novel investigational drug, BMS-986165, as a potential treatment for people with lupus. BMS-986165 is a highly selective inhibitor of Tyrosine kinase […] Read More

Novel Tool Developed to Better Measure Lupus Trial Results

April 20, 2018 The Lupus Research Alliance Lupus Industry Council (LIC) met a key objective with the recent publication in the medical journal Arthritis & Rheumatology reporting on a new tool to better measure the effectiveness of potential drug treatments in clinical trials. The LIC aims to bring industry and academia together to work collaboratively, […] Read More

The Ninth Annual Lupus Handbag Luncheon & Silent Auction

            The Lupus Handbag Luncheon is an annual event hosted by the Lupus Research Alliance to recognize “Women of Achievement” who have made vast contributions within our community. The luncheon features a fantastic silent auction of designer handbags. All proceeds support lupus research. FEATURED BAG GALLERY A sneak preview of […] Read More

New Research Reveals How Mononucleosis Virus Could Promote Lupus

April 18, 2018 A new study by Lupus Research Alliance-funded researcher Dr. Matthew Weirauch of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio and colleagues might explain how a common virus that causes mononucleosis also boosts the risk for lupus. The virus may be turning on human genes that promote the illness. The scientists, including […] Read More

Lupus Research Alliance Announces Nine Promising Novel Research Grant Awards

April 11, 2018 Nine Outstanding Investigators Receive Funding for Innovative Research on Lupus Causes, Pathways, and New Treatment Development Today, the Lupus Research Alliance announced nine new Novel Research Grants to support paradigm-changing lupus research. To conquer the complexity of lupus, the Novel Research Grants explore lupus from many perspectives, testing new theories about what […] Read More

Immunosuppressant Sirolimus May Offer a Lupus Treatment Option

April 5, 2018 A new clinical study published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet found that sirolimus, a drug currently FDA approved to prevent organ transplant rejection, may offer a safe and effective treatment for lupus. In an accompanying editorial, Lupus Research Alliance Scientific Advisory Board Co-Chair Mary Crow, MD notes that in addition […] Read More

We Fund Top Scientists

April 5, 2018 Congratulations go to Dr. Zhijian ‘James’ Chen — just named the 2018 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences recipient by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. The highly prestigious award recognizes Dr. Chen’s exceptional work that the Lupus Research Alliance proudly helped fund. His discovery of an enzyme cGAS uncovered an […] Read More

18th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS 2018)

March 31, 2018 Attend the 18th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS 2018) June 20-23 in San Francisco. First held in 2001, the FOCIS Annual Meeting draws the best clinician scientists from around the world to participate in the scientific program, bringing together cutting-edge science from various disease fields related to […] Read More