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Lupus Research Alliance and Lupus Therapeutics Partner on New Phase 3 Trial Testing Potential Benefit of Ustekinumab (Stelara®) in Lupus

The Lupus Research Alliance announced that clinical research affiliate Lupus Therapeutics is partnering with the pharmaceutical company, Janssen, to...

Study Shows Kidney Transplant Improves Lupus Nephritis Survival

January 22, 2019

January 21, 2019 A study just published in Annals of Internal Medicine showed that kidney transplantation reduced deaths due to lupus...

Study shows: Stress, Depression and Pain are Major Contributors to Lupus Fatigue

January 18, 2019 An observational study published in Lupus of people with lupus found that of six factors, stress, depression...

Existing Asthma Medication Shows Effectiveness for Lupus

January 14, 2019 A small randomized Phase 1 study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that the existing asthma treatment...

New Trial Begins to Test Investigational Cenerimod to Treat Lupus

January 8, 2019 Source: Idorsia LTD Press Release Idorsia Ltd (SIX: IDIA) announced that the first patient has been enrolled into...

Lupus Research Alliance Announces Translational Research Grants to Speed Development of New Treatments

January 8, 2019

NEW YORK, NY – January 10. Can “borrowed” drugs for treating other diseases protect the skin in patients with...

Scientists Focus on Innate Immune System as Possible Lupus Treatment Approach

January 7, 2019 The 2018 Forum for Discovery opened with a series of lectures on new research on the role of...

Novel Therapeutic Approaches & Translational Challenges

January 7, 2019

One session at our recent scientific conference Forum for Discovery was devoted to meeting the need for new approaches...

The Role of Genetics in Lupus

January 7, 2019

Researchers have long known that lupus and other autoimmune disorders tend to run in families. However, the inheritance pattern...

Poor Dental Care Associated with Lupus

January 4, 2019 A study just published in Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology found that exposure to periodontal bacteria on the...

Association Between Lupus and Cancer

January 4, 2019 A new analysis published in Arthritis Research & Therapy found that SLE is associated with increased risk...

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...