Lupus News

Posted May 15, 2012:

• Delivery System for Gene Therapy May Help Treat Arthritis

Posted May 6, 2012:

• Eye Color May Indicate Risk for Serious Skin Conditions

Posted April 26, 2012:

• How Stem Cell Therapy Can Keep the Immune System Under Control

Posted April 4, 2012:

• The Long Arm of the Dendritic Cell: A Link Between Atherosclerosis and Autoimmunity

Posted April 2, 2012:

• Virus Protects Against Lupus
• Estrogen Is Responsible for Slow Wound Healing in Women, Study Finds
• Rare Immune Cells Could Hold Key to Treating Immune Disorders

Posted March 2, 2012:

• R-Loops Break Down Gene Silencing

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Mutation Drives Viral Sensors to Initiate Autoimmune Disease

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Link Between Autoimmune Diseases and Wounds That Don't Heal Examined

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Mycophenolate Is Superior to Azathioprine as Treatment for Lupus Nephritis, Study Finds

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Most Lupus Nephritis Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Opt for Hemodialysis Therapy

Posted November 6, 2011:

• Life Challenges Prevent Those With Lupus from Keeping Doctors' Appointments
• Most Women With Lupus Can Have Successful Pregnancy Outcomes, Study Finds

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Statin Therapy Fails to Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis in Pediatric Lupus Patients, Study Finds

Posted September 29, 2011:

• 'Master Key' to Unlock New Treatments for Autoimmune Disorders Discovered

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Continued Treatment for Lupus May Boost Survival of Those Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Defect in A20 Gene Expression Can Contribute to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Posted August 15, 2011:

• New Anti-Inflammatory Agents Silence Overactive Immune Response

Posted August 4, 2011:

• B-Cell Discovery Suggests Why Women Suffer More Autoimmune Disease

Posted July 11, 2011:

• Vitamin D Insufficiency Prevalent Among Psoriatic Arthritis Suffers

Posted June 24, 2011:

• New Genetic Risk Factors of Lupus Found in Study of African-American Women

Posted June 17, 2011:

• Etanercept Shows Promise for Treating Dermatomyositis, Study Suggests

Posted May 26, 2011:

• HPV Vaccine Gardasil Does Not Increase Disease Activity in SLE Patients, Study Shows

Posted May 19, 2011:

• African-Americans With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus More Responsive to Flu Vaccine Than Patients of European Descent

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Macrophage Activation Syndrome: Clues to Calming a Cytokine Storm

Posted May 9, 2011:

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: New Test Could Give SLE Patients a More Tolerable Life

Posted April 27, 2011:

• Protective T-Cells, Which Are Used in Stem-Cell Treatment, Can Cause the Body to Attack Itself

Posted April 25, 2011:

• Researchers Identify Novel Pathophysiologic Mechanism Responsible for Autoimmunity

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Discovery of Relationship Between Proteins May Impact Development of Cancer Therapies

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Study Finds Changes in Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease from Lupus Nephritis

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Pre-Eclampsia: Genetic Errors Linked to Life-Threatening Pregnancy Disorder

Posted March 10, 2011:

• New Drug Approved for Treating Most Common Type of Lupus

Posted February 3, 2011:

• New Clue to Lupus: Failed Autoimmune Suppression Mechanism

Posted February 1, 2011:

• Key to Understanding Cause of Lupus

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Link to Increased Atherosclerosis Risk in Lupus Patients Uncovered

Posted January 4, 2011:

• Accurate Interpretation of Antinuclear Antibodies Test Key to Confirming Autoimmune Disease
• Vitamin D Deficiencies May Impact Onset of Autoimmune Lung Disease

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Immune Cell Plays Unexpected Role in Autoimmune Disease

Posted November 9, 2010:

• Lupus Patients: The Doctor, Nurse and Social Worker Are Here to See You
• New Assessment Tool Helps Shed Light on Lupus in Kids Worldwide

Posted November 7, 2010:

• Statins Don't Prove Useful for General Pediatric Lupus Population

Posted November 4, 2010:

• How a Decade of Research Is Helping Lupus Patients

Posted October 4, 2010:

• Discovery of a Cell That Suppresses the Immune System

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Biomarker Panel Identifies Prostate Cancer With 90 Percent Accuracy
• Abatacept Found Ineffective in Treatment of Non-Life Threatening Lupus, Trial Results Show

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Discovery Highlights Promise of New Immune System-Based Therapies

Posted September 14, 2010:

• Possible Risk Gene for Schizophrenia Uncovered

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