Stories & News

Lupus ABC Committee Tackling Patient Reported Outcomes at Upcoming Meeting

October 14, 2024

The Lupus Accelerating Breakthroughs Consortium (Lupus ABC), the public-private partnership which the LRA initiated with the U.S. Food and...

Groundbreaking Study Funded in Part by LRA Sheds Light on Unconventional Cause of Inflammation in Lupus

October 7, 2024

A groundbreaking study partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), published in Immunity, uncovered an unexpected contributor to...

Facing Lupus with a Positive Perspective

September 26, 2024

Radiating optimism despite living with lupus for most of her young life, this month’s Community Inspiration,17-year old Miah Andrade,...

LRA Congratulates Dr. James Chen for Prestigious Lasker Award Recognizing Breakthrough Discovery of DNA Sensing Enzyme, cGAS

September 24, 2024

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) proudly congratulates Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen on receiving the 2024 Albert Lasker Basic Medical...

Team Life Without Lupus Going the Distance for More Treatments and a Cure

September 24, 2024

The 21-member LRA Team Life Without Lupus is training hard to hit the streets of NYC for the 2024...

Family Planning and Lupus

September 10, 2024

The LRA is committed to supporting research and resources to better address the complexities of pregnancy in lupus. This...

Jennifer Young’s Powerful Advice: “Don’t lose hope, find your people.”

September 6, 2024

Jennifer shares her mother’s lupus journey and the impact of LRA-funded research Growing up in the New Jersey suburbs, Jennifer...

New York Jets Take On Lupus at 2024 Season Kickoff Luncheon

August 28, 2024

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to have helped launch this year’s football season at the New York...

Lupus and Allied Diseases Association Donates $150,000 to Support Research Funded by the Lupus Research Alliance

August 27, 2024

Our warmest appreciation goes to the Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc. (LADA) for their donation of $150,000 to...

Community inspiration: Jennifer Dakin: "My legacy gift to the LRA is my way of giving back so others don't struggle like I did."

From Patient to Patron: Spotlighting LRA Board Member and Legacy Donor, Jennifer A. Dakin

August 15, 2024

August is National Make-a-Will Month. In this Community Inspiration Blog, we share the remarkable journey of LRA Board Member...

Research News

New Study Reveals How Autoantibodies Work Together to Drive Inflammation in Lupus

Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how the immune system is over-activated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)....

LRA Statement: Research published in Nature advances understanding of possible underlying cause of Lupus

Statement in Response to Recent Nature Publication

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is encouraged by the recent study, “Interferon subverts an AHR–JUN axis to promote CXCL13+...