A research team from the University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf in Germany recently discovered an important pathway that may protect healthy tissue from immune responses. These findings can potentially help doctors provide better treatments for patients with autoimmune conditions such as Lupus. The immune system responds to inflammation by over-activation in…
A research team from the University of Dundee recently discovered that a mutation in the protein ABIN1 mediates chronic inflammation and is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease. The results, which have important clinical applications for chronic inflammatory conditions such as systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis…
Investigators from the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center at West Virginia University School of Public Health, in collaboration with the CDC, conducted a meta-analysis of previously conducted randomized controlled trials with the goal of determining what effect, if any, prescriptive exercise such as aerobic conditioning and strength training…
A recent study entitled “Electrocardiographic Findings in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data From an International Inception Cohort” revealed that systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients also suffer from cardiac anomalies. In the study, published in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, electrocardiographic methods were applied…
Applications for a series of grants from the National Research Program of the Lupus Foundation of America are currently open for investigators working on lupus-related research. The program is intended to fund critical areas of lupus scientific research, such as environmental triggers of the disease and health…
A new project is being launched by George Freeman MP, the British Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences in collaboration with several academic facilities and industry partners to improve treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the UK. The MAximizing Sle ThERapeutic PotentiaL by Application of Novel and Stratified…
UBM Medica US, a company that delivers integrated and strategic communications solutions, recently announced that Rheumatology Network, an online network dedicated to rheumatologists, will feature a debate with experts on the barriers to investigation into new treatments for rheumatic diseases such as lupus. The topic is based on an article…
Despite ongoing efforts, there are still several gaps regarding lupus specificity in the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) network, according to a study that analyzed the recently reviewed criteria of the system. SLICC-12, the new set of criteria established in 2012 to classify systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), was recently examined for the first…
Three lupus organizations are joining efforts to support the advancement of lupus research by granting the Lupus Insight Prize, a recognition of major, novel insights and/or discoveries with the potential to alter the thinking on lupus and high probability of creating further progress in the diagnosis and treatment of the condition. The prize will be granted…
ImmuPharma PLC and Simbec-Orion Group Limited recently announced a collaboration agreement for the execution of a Pivotal Phase III clinical study of ImmuPharma’s Lupuzor™, the company’s lead compound to treat Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, a chronic and life-threatening autoimmune disease. Lupuzor was granted Fast Track status by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA); it…