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Lupus Research Alliance Advocates Call on Congress to Fund More Lupus Scientific Exploration

WASHINGTON, DC – March 19. Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), the world’s largest private funder of lupus research, celebrates its 15th...

Reducing B Cells with Modified CAR T Cells is an Effective Treatment of Experimental Lupus: Shows Study Supported by Lupus Research Alliance

NEW YORK, NY. March 6, 2019. Depleting the number of harmful B cells with a novel immunotherapy that employs modified...

Lupus Research Alliance Congratulates NIH on 5-Year AMP Success

February 28, 2019 NEW YORK, NY. As a co-sponsor of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) public-private Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP),...

Bacteria in the Gut May be a Cause of Lupus and Flares: Shows Study Supported by Lupus Research Alliance

NEW YORK, NY. February 19. Pieces of bacteria that escape from the intestines may trigger lupus and associated disease flares...

Lupus Therapeutics Launches Peer Training Program to Help Patients Benefit from Clinical Trials

NEW YORK, NY. February 1, 2019. Lupus Research Alliance clinical affiliate Lupus Therapeutics launched the Patient Advocates for Lupus Studies (PALS) program...

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 help...

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 lupus?...

Lupus Research Alliance Mourns the Loss of NIAMS Director, Dr. Stephen I. Katz

NEW YORK, NY. December 20. The Board of Directors and staff of the Lupus Research Alliance mourn the death of...

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....

Lupus Research Alliance 2018 Breaking Through Gala Breaks Record — Raises $3.5 Million for Lupus Research

The Lupus Research Alliance 2018 Breaking Through Gala honored Board member William J. Wolfe, Chairman and CEO of First Washington...

Lupus Research Alliance Awards Grants to Six Trailblazing Studies

2018 Awards Enable Promising Scientists to Bring Innovative Approaches to Lupus Research October 18, 2018 The Lupus Research Alliance announced six new Novel...

Lupus Research Alliance Advocates Win Big with 2019 Federal Funding

NEW YORK, NY. Sept. 28 – Congratulations go out to the Lupus Research Alliance advocates! The 2019 spending bill was signed...