Skin Molecules Promote Cutaneous Lupus
June 24, 2019
Patients with cutaneous lupus develop rashes because immune cells move into the skin and cause inflammation. With...
Target Identification in Lupus
New Study Partly Funded by LRA Reveals Novel Lupus Drug Targets
NEW YORK, NY – May 29. Researchers partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) have found possible new...
Celebrate Clinical Trials Day May 20!
May 20, 2019
It’s Clinical Trials Day when the Lupus Research Alliance recognizes all the people we support who advance...
LRA Grant Leads to New Drug Candidate RSLV-132
May 10, 2019
Grant support from the Lupus Research Alliance (then ALR) supported early work that led to a potential...
The Numbers Add Up to 20 Years of Extraordinary Progress
May 1, 2019
The Lupus Research Alliance is honored to serve the lupus community as the global leader in lupus...
LRA-funded Research Backs New Lupus Nephritis Clinical Trial
February 28, 2019
The biotechnology company Equillium Inc. just announced plans for a Phase 1 study to test the investigational...
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...
Lupus Research Alliance Announces Translational Research Grants to Speed Development of New Treatments
NEW YORK, NY – January 10. Can “borrowed” drugs for treating other diseases protect the skin in patients with...
Bold Initiatives … Tremendous Strides Breaking Through on Lupus Research
In 2018 the Lupus Research Alliance has taken daring chances, pursued bold initiatives, and made tremendous strides! We truly...
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....
LRA Research Director Presents at ACR Roundtable
October 22, 2018
Our Research Director, Dr. Teodora Staeva, presented at the "Meet the Funders: NIH & Foundation Roundtable Grant Discussion" October...
Potential Treatment for Sun Damage Discovered with LRA Funding
August 16, 2018
Exposure to the sun is hard on everyone’s skin, causing cells to die. But skin cells are...