As someone with the chronic illness lupus, I am constantly teetering on the line of losing all self-control. Like a high-wire artist, the pole that I hold to balance me, is my children, friends, family, and my doctor. But what happens when your balance is screwed up? I…
Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) has developed a biochemical testing platform that can detect biomarkers involved in autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The V-PLEX platform can detect the biomarkers IL-17A, IL-21, IL-22, IL-23, IL-27, and MIP-3α in human cell culture supernatants, or liquids, in the blood components plasma and serum,…
Having lupus has meant a lot of missed holidays and vacations, but one holiday it definitely changes is Valentine’s Day. I choose to keep my circle of loved ones extremely close, as they all have to be privy to the ups and downs that go along with lupus.
Neovacs and BioSense Global will jointly develop an interferon alpha (IFNα) vaccine to treat lupus and dermatomyositis in China. News of the commercial licensing agreement, worth up to €65 million, comes just days after Chinese authorities issued a patent for Neovacs’ IFNα vaccine (IFNα Kinoid) for diseases characterized by over-expression of the cytokine…
A test that Exagen Diagnostics developed to help doctors control levels of a lupus therapy in patients’ blood has been endorsed by a company that supports arthritis and rheumatology practitioners around the United States, Exagen announced. American Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates (AARA) powered by Bendcare also endorsed an Exagen blood test for rheumatoid arthritis.
Having lupus has meant a lot of things to my family. It’s meant weekly doctor visits, sleepless nights, missed choir and band performances, and too many cancelled vacations to count. When I wasn’t sick from lupus, I was working just to maintain my health insurance. Living with…
Voclosporin, a drug being developed to treat lupus nephritis (LN), appears to be safe for patients regardless of ethnicity, according to a Phase 1 clinical trial conducted in healthy Japanese, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals reports. The treatment also has a good pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) profile. PK refers to the body’s reaction to a drug…
The world’s first registry for patients with lupus and other autoimmune diseases has gone online, just in time for National Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month in March. The Autoimmune Research Network (ARNet), launched by the Michigan-based American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), is a research network that lets scientists obtain data on patients…
China has issued a patent for Neovacs’ interferon alpha (IFNα) vaccine for diseases characterized by  over-expression of the cytokine IFNα, including lupus, dermatomyositis and type 1 diabetes. The patent, together with others Neovacs has obtained, give the company global protection for the vaccine until at least 2032. Neovacs’ technology targets…
Even before my lupus diagnosis, my body has had amazing accuracy when forecasting the weather. For someone with arthritis, this becomes an unwanted superpower of sorts. Because when the rain hits, so  does the stiffness and pain in my joints. While painkillers can mask the excruciating painful limitations,…