Patricia Valerio, PhD,  science writer—

A study in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) showed that treatment with methylprednisolone significantly improves survival rates in animals fed a regular diet — but not among those given a diet high in fats, which instead lessened the beneficial effects of the corticosteroid.  In…

The Medical Research Foundation has awarded its sixth Emerging Leaders Prize to three lupus researchers in the U.K. The scientists received a total of £220,000 (around $269,000), funded by a gift in the will of Erina Herrick, a scientist with the disease who devoted her research to it.