Thousands of children and young people in the United States struggle with lupus. The treatment of the condition requires more aggressive drugs than for adult patients and the adverse effects of the drugs impact biological, psychological, and social development. To study the issue, a team of researchers at the Children’s Hospital…
Patients who suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus nephritis (LN) may have seven new therapeutic options by 2022, according to a new report on the global drug market. The forecast published by the company Research and Markets analyzed the lupus treatment market over the past few decades,…
Results from a survey conducted by GfK in 2014 indicated that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have difficulties describing their symptoms to their physicians, leading to a gap in physicians’ understanding of the full impact the illness has on these patients’ lives. The survey was conducted by GfK on…
May is Lupus Awareness Month and the Lupus Research Institute (LRI), the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation and the LRI National Patient Coalition are committed to celebrating it through a series of events focused on the need for early disease diagnosis and novel research to improve the quality of life of…
The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation is advocating for wider access to medication for patients who suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by signing two Memorandums of Support for Legislative Acts. The non-profit organization, which works as part of the Lupus Agencies of New York State, believes that the memorandums can help…
The Lupus Foundation of America is hosting another edition of its Walk to End Lupus Now, an annual event that takes place across the country to support the fight against lupus, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 2. Last year the walk was the largest LFA-sponsored walk in the nation, gathering…
The non-profit organization Lupus Foundation of America continues the fight against lupus by supporting research projects seeking to discover and develop an effective treatment or a cure for the chronic disease. To do so, the foundation trusts in the contribution of numerous volunteers and donators and is now sharing the…
This year’s edition of the New York Lupus Handbag Luncheon gathered over 350 people in a fundraising effort to help support research on the chronic disease lupus last Monday, April 13. The event, which is organized annually by both the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation and the Lupus Research Institute (LRI), included prominent…
Padlock Therapeutics, a firm focused on the development of new treatment alternatives for autoimmune conditions, recently announced a collaboration with three different research institutes specialists in protein-argenine deiminase (PAD) enzymes and their effect on disease pathogenesis, including Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Padlock will work directly with the University of…
Breakthroughs in new treatments for lupus may be useless if patients do not have access to innovative therapies as a consequence of their high costs or regulatory restrictions, a point raised the Lupus Foundation of America in a statement published on the organization’s website. The president and CEO of the Lupus…