Patients with lupus nephritis — a lupus-associated type of kidney inflammation — can sometimes develop a rare immune disorder, called thrombotic microangiopathy,…
Alice Melão
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Articles by Alice Melão
Anifrolumab, MedImmune‘s investigational antibody being developed to treat systemic lupus erythematosus, is no better than placebo at reducing disease activity,…
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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that includes $5 million in funding for the Lupus Research…
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People who have a lot of antibodies in their blood when they receive a lupus diagnosis are at greater risk…
A Phase 2b clinical trial assessing Neovacs’ investigational immunotherapy for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is on schedule to…