NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 17, 2024 — The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Career Development and Postdoctoral Awards to Promote Diversity in Lupus Research. Launched in 2021, the Diversity in Lupus Research (DLR) Awards aim to foster the development and productivity of exceptional early-career and postdoctoral scientists […] READ MORE
NEW YORK, NY, September 16, 2024 — Krill oil concentrate helped to increase Omega-3 deficiency in people living with lupus, according to a report of the ORKIDS study recently published in Lupus Science and Medicine. Secondary findings among a small group of study participants people with more severe lupus suggest that krill oil concentrate may help […] READ MORE
July 16, 2024 — The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is encouraged by the recent study, “Interferon subverts an AHR–JUN axis to promote CXCL13+ T cells in lupus”, funded in part by the LRA and published in the journal Nature, that identified a molecular pathway that promotes an imbalance of T cells leading to an overactive […] READ MORE
June 2, 2022 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and its clinical trial arm Lupus Therapeutics congratulate Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) on new positive results presented at the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2022 Congress from a Phase 2 trial of its investigational biologic deucravacitinib for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Deucravacitinib […] READ MORE
Updated March, 2022 Developing safe and effective treatments for lupus nephritis has been an urgent and long-standing goal in the lupus community. As the leading private funding agency for lupus research, the LRA and its legacy organizations have dedicated significant focus and resources towards addressing this continued challenge, awarding over 40 grants to address this […] READ MORE
February 17, 2022 It’s with great pride that I share a sampling of the many extraordinary accomplishments of last year in our first Lupus Research Update of 2022. The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) made important gains on many fronts—thanks to tremendous friends like you. I hope you share my pride because your support continues to be the catalyst behind every LRA accomplishment. […] READ MORE
February 14, 2022 Being a kid isn’t always easy, but growing up with lupus makes it a much harder challenge. That’s why Harvard University’s Associate Professor Dr. Joyce Chang has a special place in her heart for these kids and chose to focus her career on their care. In honor of American Heart Month, we […] READ MORE
February 4, 2022 A potential new cause of the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) was discovered by researchers partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance. Published in the prestigious journal Nature, the study results provide strong evidence that a virus can trigger the development of MS. The LRA invested in this work to help understand […] READ MORE
November 15, 2021 The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) supports research into causes and mechanisms of lupus, and identification of targets supporting the development of new therapies or cures for lupus patients. At this year’s meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), 17 LRA-funded researchers presented their work to share discoveries with the thousands of […] READ MORE
April, 2019 As our name implies, the Lupus Research Alliance aims to forge partnerships and bring other players to the table to better understand and treat lupus — and our latest venture holds the promise of a new therapy. We — and our affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics — are about to collaborate with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company […] READ MORE
A new study funded by the Lupus Nephritis Trials Network with support from the Lupus Research Alliance has proposed a set of standardized measures that promise to improve the way clinical trials in lupus nephritis (LN) are structured and how clinical researchers report their results. The findings will also help researchers in their search for […] READ MORE
NEW YORK, NY. February 19. Pieces of bacteria that escape from the intestines may trigger lupus and associated disease flares in some patients, according to a new study partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance. These findings may allow disease treatment with probiotics or diets that alter the mix of bacterial species in the intestines. […] READ MORE
