An institute on the cutting edge of lupus research, the LRI Chicago consistently has important news to report. Here’s where you find those stories as well as lupus research headlines from around the world.

What's New at LRI Chicago

• Lupus Research Institute Joins Other Leading Research and Patient Groups in Push for Federal Research Funds
• View Photos of LRI Chicago ‘Around Town’
• New Discoveries on Environmental Triggers of Lupus
• Lupus Research Institute Launches Novel Studies in Human Lupus
• National Coalition in D.C. to Speak for People with Lupus on Capitol Hill
• UPDATE: LRI Advocacy Victory
• Major Outreach and Current Research Sites of the National Coalition of the Lupus Research Institute
• Renowned Immunologist Joins Lupus Research Institute Scientific Advisory Board
• Profound Immune System Discovery Opens Door to Halting Destruction of Lupus
• Lupus Research Institute Discoveries Blaze New Paths to Understanding and Treating Lupus

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Lupus Drug Development
Read about the latest lupus drug research and clinical trial results More »

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More Lupus Headlines

• ACR: Drug cuts risk of kidney damage in lupus
• A Reversal of Thinking: American College of Rheumatology Doctors Hear How Women with Lupus Can Increase Chance for Healthy Pregnancies
• ACR: Biologics Prove Ineffective for Lupus
• Clinically Meaningful Reduction in Disease Activity Reported with Epratuzumab
• Accumulated bits of a cell’s own DNA can trigger autoimmune disease
• NIH scientists find a novel mechanism that controls the development of autoimmunity
• B Cells Can Act Alone In Autoimmune Disease, Yale Researchers Report
• OMRF discovers gene variant that “cuts the brakes” on immune system in lupus patients
• Opinion: Lupus No Longer Seen As Complete Contraindication to Oral Contraceptive Use
• New Medicare Bill Provides Benefits to Lupus Patients in Prescription Drug Program
• Male kidneys for men only?
• Multitarget Immune Therapy Improves Outcomes of Severe Lupus Nephritis
• NIAMS scientists find potential new way to block inflammation in autoimmune disease
• Lupus News from the 2008 Meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
• Abnormal “editing” of gene messages may be a cause of lupus
• FDA Alert Regarding Lupus Medication: a Hospital for Special Surgery Rheumatology Perspective | View the FDA Alert
• State expert finds clues to save lives
• Severe lupus may respond to drug combo
• Immune Systems Increasingly On Attack
• Autoantibodies Correlate with Lupus Neuropsychiatric Events
• Overabundance of Immune Cells Might Trigger Lupus
• Gene studies home in on lupus cause
• Functional MRI abnormalities accompany childhood-onset lupus
• 2 Genes are Important Key to Regulating Immune Response
• New Approach for Attacking Lupus Identified

For more research headlines, see Lupus News Archive.

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LRI Newsletters

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