Progentec Diagnostics is closer to marketing a new set of tools for predicting lupus flares after obtaining $1.25 million in financing. The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation created the technology the company is using. Progentec is collaborating with Dr. Judith James, a lupus researcher who developed the technology, to refine the platform.
The Lupus Foundation of America and EMD Serono have teamed up to advance a global initiative aimed at identifying critical treatment gaps and finding solutions for them. The ALPHA Project’s goal is to improve lupus care. ALPHA stands for Addressing Lupus Pillars for Health Advancement. There are two parts to the initiative.
New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) says its free telephone support line and education program for lupus patients has proven to be a valuable resource. HSS says its free LupusLine, now 29 years old, receives calls from around the world. People mostly know about it through their physicians,…
The Lupus Research Alliance has launched the first clinical trials conducted as part of its Lupus Clinical Investigators Network (LuCIN). The alliance established LuCIN to speed the development of new lupus therapies, recognizing the limited options patients currently have. It comprises a series of strategic partnerships with the…
The director of the Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children’s Health at Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Virginia Pascual, received the Lupus Insight Prize for a project that shows great promise in increasing our understanding of the events that lead to lupus flares. The Lupus Research Alliance…
Karen H. Costenbader, MD, is the new chairwoman of the medical-scientific advisory council of the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA). Chairman of the LFA’s national board of directors, Conrad Gehrmann, announced the appointment earlier this week. Costenbader will lead the multi-disciplinary group of lupus experts to address unmet needs…
After realizing how many lupus patients had trouble keeping track of their medications, daily symptoms and appointments, an interdisciplinary team at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) developed a mobile app called LupusMinder. After collecting real-world patient reports, the rheumatology, social work, and digital communications department at…
U.K. researchers are establishing a national consortium with a grant of £1.7 million (British pounds) from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to create the world’s largest Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease (IMID) Biobank, with more than 40,000 patients. The IMIDBio-UK consortium will incorporate different biobanks and clinical datasets into one single,…
Newly published findings from two population-based registries in New York City and San Francisco have shed light on racial disparities in the prevalence of lupus in the United States. Data from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program first showed that lupus is more prevalent among Hispanic and Asian women in…
A Chicago nursing student with lupus has won Top Products‘ 2017 Single Mother Scholarship. The winner, Tiffani Topps, is attending Chicago State University. Top Products, a website that helps people find quality product and service reviews online, created the scholarship to honor moms whose success stories defy the odds. Growing up…