In this short video from Corbus Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd, Dr. Meggan Mackay from the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in Hempstead, New York explains why new, improved therapies are needed in the fight against lupus. Understand how the immune system affects lupus patients. Dr. Mackay talks briefly about…
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Each lupus patient experiences his or her own unique combination of symptoms, which means each treatment regimen must be unique and adapted to each patient. Even though there’s not one simple treatment option to follow, there are four main drug classes that are currently used to treat lupus: …
In this video from Corbus Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd, Dr. Meggan Mackay from the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, tells us a little bit about autoimmune diseases and lupus. Find out more about how the body’s cells are affected by lupus. Dr. Mackay explains that lupus…
In this short video from Corbus Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd, Dr. Meggan Mackay from the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York, tells us a little bit about Resunab treatment for lupus. Read how Corbus added a clinical protocol to a lupus Phase 2 trial for Resunab. Dr.
Pretty much everyone likes to travel. But sometimes it’s not as easy as it should be–for several reasons. For healthy people, traveling can sometimes be tiring, exhausting and hard to plan, but for someone living with a chronic illness it can be even harder. Take lupus patients as an example.
In this very informative Chop Shop Studio film shared in 2014, the pathology of lupus is explained in easy-to-understand detail. From who is more likely to get lupus to how difficult it is to diagnose and easy to misdiagnose, the animated film highlights how trying to get a lupus diagnosis…
It’s no surprise that sometimes people say things they don’t want to–or mean to. Especially when they’re talking to someone with a disease like lupus, that is not fully understood by those who don’t live with it. Lupus is a chronic illness, and chronic illnesses affect around 133 million Americans.
In this video, Barbara Grubbs, a nurse practitioner explains what autoimmune diseases are. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system attacks the body’s healthy cells causing a host of issues. Right now, there is no known cause or cure for these diseases. Find out more about how…
23andMe is a genetic research company founded in 2006 that specializes in analyzing DNA, allowing people to get tested for certain genetic diseases and find out about their ancestry. In 2015, it launched a new research study into lupus in collaboration with Pfizer. Read more about 23andMe’s collaboration with Pfizer…
Despite what you’ve read, there is no established diet for lupus. There are certain foods that may improve life while living with lupus, and that are certain foods that can worsen your flares and how you feel. To help you learn a little bit more about what you should and…
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