Dressed in signature purple attire or accessories, more than 350 lupus advocates from around the U.S. came together on Capitol Hill earlier this month to urge Congress to earmark more funds for lupus research and education. As part of the Lupus Foundation of America’s 2019 National Lupus Advocacy…
Lupus researcher Gary S. Gilkeson, MD, a distinguished professor in the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), has been given the Master’s Designation — the American College of Rheumatology’s highest honor. Gilkeson, who is also MUSC’s associate dean for faculty affairs…
Completion of a second round of funding could help bring closer to market Progentec Diagnostics‘ new tool for predicting lupus flares and a biomarker-based index that monitors underlying disease activity. Funding for Progentec’s biomarker-based diagnostic testing was led by venture capital outfits i2E and OCA Ventures, with…
To help address disparities in the research and care of adolescents with lupus, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded Mercy College a three-year, $600,000 research grant. Titled “Adolescents with Lupus: The Impact of Patient/Provider Discordance, Depression, Cognition and Language,” the…