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Tag: lupus research alliance

Protein Osteopontin Indicator of Lupus Nephritis, Shows Clinical Trial

February 1, 2019 Raised levels of a protein osteopontin were shown to indicate lupus nephritis and higher disease activity, in a new study conducted at 33 centers by top lupus researchers worldwide. Published in The Journal of Rheumatology, the study looked at results from 344 lupus patients. At the beginning of the study (baseline), patients […] Read More

Overcoming Challenges to Lupus Management

January 24, 2019 A recent review article in Lupus Science & Medicine provides a valuable overview of the “10 most important contemporary challenges in the management of SLE” according to a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, pharmacists and researchers from several clinics and patient organizations in France.  Their top 10 challenges include several critical factors that the […] Read More

Novel Therapeutic Approaches & Translational Challenges

One session at our recent scientific conference Forum for Discovery was devoted to meeting the need for new approaches to lupus and the challenges faced in “translating” what is learned by researchers into therapies that will help patients with lupus. Gerald Nepom, MD, PhD, Co-Chair of LRFs Scientific Advisory Board and Director of the Benaroya Research […] Read More

LRA Grantee Publishes Study on Diet in Lupus

December 22, 2018 Dr. Martin Kriegel and his colleagues at Yale University just published in Cell Host & Microbe an animal study partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance that showed how diet may affect lupus. In this study, the team identified a specific bacteria, Lactobacillus reuteri, that was responsible for triggering an autoimmune response.  […] Read More

2018 Distinguished Innovator Awardees Named by Lupus Research Alliance

NEW YORK, NY. December 20. The Lupus Research Alliance is proud to announce the 2018 recipients of the Dr. William E. Paul Distinguished Innovator Award in Lupus and Autoimmunity: Nir Hacohen, PhD (right) and Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, PhD (left). Dr. Hacohen is seeking better ways to treat lupus kidney disease, the major cause of illness and […] Read More

5th Rally Against Lupus Raises $1+ Million for Lupus Research

November 30, 2018 This event is the brain child of Lupus Research Alliance Board member Nadeem Meghji, whose young niece suffers with lupus.  Together  with event Co-Chair Donald Provost and committee members Shannon Ching, Rachel Doyon, Andrea Drasites, and David O’Neill — Nadeem created a fun ping pong fundraising event at SPiN New York that has grown in size and stature every year. […] Read More

Potential New Lupus Treatment Outperforms Hydroxychloroquine in Animal Study

November 28, 2018 Anti-malaria drugs such as hydroxychloroquine are common treatments for arthritis and heat rash in patients with lupus. A new study by Target Identification in Lupus grantee Keith Elkon, MD, of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues suggests that a new drug they designed works better than the commonly prescribed hydroxychloroquine in […] Read More

Consumer Reports Names LRA Among Best for Giving

November 27, 2018 Lupus Research Alliance was named by Consumer Reports as one of the best five health organizations to donate to in 2018. This blue-chip recognition is based on ratings by independent watchdog groups like BBB Wise Giving Alliance and CharityWatch. “Choosing charities by name alone is a mistake some donors make, and their money sometimes ends up […] Read More