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Genetic Defense Mechanism May Offer Biological Clue to Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease
November 12, 2012 — Genetic changes that protected their ancestors against fly-borne parasites may partly explain why African-Americans with lupus are up to five times more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus on Joint Replacement Surgery Outcomes
November 11, 2012 — Two new studies have overturned common beliefs about joint replacement in patients with lupus and rheumatoid ... > full story -
Uranium Exposure Linked to High Lupus Rates in Community Living Near a Former Refinery
November 10, 2012 — High rates of systemic lupus erythematosus have been linked to living in proximity to a former uranium ore processing facility in Ohio, according to new research ... > full story -
Women With Lupus Have a Higher Risk for Preeclampsia
October 30, 2012 — New research reports that women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a two-fold increase in risk of preeclampsia —- a dangerous condition in which pregnant women develop high blood ... > full story -
Vitamin D Supplements May Benefit Lupus Patients
October 16, 2012 — A new clinical study provides preliminary evidence that vitamin D supplementation could be considered an immunomodulatory agent for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a debilitating autoimmune ... > full story -
Immunologists Find a Molecule That Puts the Brakes on Inflammation
September 28, 2012 — We couldn't live without our immune systems, always tuned to detect and eradicate invading pathogens and particles. But sometimes the immune response goes overboard, triggering autoimmune diseases ... > full story -
Chronic Exposure to Staph Bacteria May Be Risk Factor for Lupus
August 8, 2012 — Chronic exposure to even small amounts of staph bacteria could be a risk factor for the chronic inflammatory disease lupus, new research ... > full story -
What Happens When We Sunburn: Red Is RNA Damage to Skin Cells
July 8, 2012 — The biological mechanism of sunburn – the reddish, painful, protective immune response from ultraviolet (UV) radiation – is a consequence of RNA damage to skin cells, report ... > full story -
Study Sheds Light on Pregnancy Complications and Overturns Common Belief
July 3, 2012 — Women who have a specific type of antibody that interferes with blood vessel function are at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes and that other antibodies in the same family thought to cause ... > full story -
Delivery System for Gene Therapy May Help Treat Arthritis
May 15, 2012 — A DNA-covered submicroscopic bead used to deliver genes or drugs directly into cells to treat disease appears to have therapeutic value just by showing up, researchers ... > full story
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