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Former Jets Player Willie Colon Hosts NJ Event with Support from Other Pro Athletes, Raising Nearly $300,000 for Lupus Research Alliance

SUMMIT, NJ -- May 3, 2021. In honor of May, Lupus Awareness Month, former Super Bowl Champion and Barstool...

LRA President Ken Farber Launches Lift Up Lupus for Awareness Month

May 1, 2021 Dear Friends, 2020 will forever be remembered as the year of COVID-19 with much sacrifice by all of us. Yet in many...

LRA-Funded Study Discovers Target to Lower Lupus Inflammation

April 28, 2021 In a new study led by Dr. Jason S. Knight and funded by the Lupus Research Alliance,...

Recognizing Star Lupus Fundraiser Xavier Goss

April 28, 2021 Xavier Goss is one of the most effective fundraisers for the Lupus Research Alliance ManyOne Can.Walk with...

Independent Panel Gives High Marks to New Lupus Nephritis Therapies, Policies Reflect LRA Feedback

April 20, 2021 At a public meeting in March led by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), an...

LRA-Funded Study Finds Lazy Enzyme that Triggers Autoimmunity

April 14, 2021 Dr. Boris Reizis and his team, working with a group of clinical rheumatologists led by Dr. Jill...

Celebrating National Siblings Day with Sisters Who Share Lupus

April 8, 2021 In honor of National Siblings Day, we’re bringing you the story of TwoBeingHealthy -- two sisters and...

LRA Writes President Supporting Dr. Janet Woodcock for FDA Commissioner

March 31, 2021 As part of the LRA's mission to accelerate development and availability of much-needed new diagnostics and treatments...

Groundbreaking New Study in Lancet Rheumatology Shows Potential Strategy for Safer Steroid Use in Lupus

Dr. Eric Morand Publishes Results Funded by LRA’s Distinguished Innovator Award NEW YORK, NY. March 31, 2021. Results of critical...

LRA Congratulates Equillium on Positive Results of Study of Potential New Lupus Treatment

March 30, 2021 Equillium, Inc. announced positive topline data from the phase 1b EQUALISE study in patients with systemic lupus...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Metabolic Changes in Patients with Lupus Shows New Study

March 29, 2021 Patients with lupus are more likely to have metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance - both factors linked...

Lupus Research Alliance Announces 2020 Distinguished Innovator Awards Aimed at New Lupus Treatments

NEW YORK, March 25, 2021 — The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announces two exceptional recipients of the 2020 Dr. William...