The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, under priority review, the use of Benlysta (belimumab)…
Articles by Joana Carvalho, PhD
The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) has funded a series of research projects, ongoing worldwide, aimed at seeking new therapies…
A group of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania may have found part of the reason lupus is…
A frailty index developed by the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) could be a powerful and meaningful health measure to estimate…
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients have a higher risk for certain cancers — including cervical, thyroid, ovarian, and oral…
Defects in the Ets1 gene in T-cells, immune system cells with known links to inflammation, caused the uncontrolled expansion of some…
Researchers from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have developed a bioelectronic device that is effective at reducing pain and…
Immugenyx, a subsidiary of Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals, has partnered with Janssen Research & Development, one of the Janssen…
DN2 B-cells — a subset of immune B-cells that are rare in healthy individuals, but extremely common in patients with…
Black Africans often have distinct variants of systemic lupus erythematosus compared to white patients, but conventional diagnostic tests can’t detect…