Research
In each category below, you can find summaries that explain the importance of recent research studies about lupus. All summaries provide access to the article abstract; select summaries provide access to the full journal article.
These summaries are intended to help you understand the latest lupus research, and help you and your family have more productive discussions with your doctors and make better-informed decisions about your health care. The information provided is not a substitute for advice from your own doctor or other health care providers. If you have questions about this material, please contact your doctor.
When you see the patientINFORM logo next to a summary, you'll know that the journal article it discusses comes from one of the medical journals participating in patientINFORM. Those summaries will have a link to the full journal article in PDF format.
Select a category to read the latest in lupus research summaries.
- Animal Models
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Apoptosis
- Blood Components
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Trials
- Cutaneous Lupus
- Drug-Induced Lupus
- Fatigue
- Flu Vaccines
- Genetics
- Health Disparities
- Hormones
- Lupus Biomarkers
- Lupus Complications
- Lupus Diagnosis
- Lupus Disease Activity
- Lupus Drug Development
- Lupus Flares
- Lupus Nephritis
- Lupus Treatments
- Male Lupus
- Neonatal Lupus
- Neuropsychiatric Lupus
- Obesity
- Organ Damage
- Osteoporosis
- Patient Reported Outcomes
- Pediatric Lupus
- Pregnancy & Reproductive Issues
- Quality of Life
- Raynaud’s Disease
- Remission
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Stem Cells
- Thyroid Disease
Connecticut Chapter funds Yale/New Haven Hospital grant
The Connecticut Chapter funded a grant to Yale/New Haven Hospital in conjunction with the Cocozza family to help fund a lupus research grant.
The Lupus Foundation of America has issued RFA's for its 2010 National Research Program grant awards. The deadline to submit letters of intent has expired. LFA only accepts grant applications from investigators whose letters of intent have been approved.
For more information on current LFA initiatives, please visit their website
Lupus Now® Research Updates
An enewsletter of the Lupus Foundation of America, provides reviews of recently published papers from significant medical journals translated into understandable language, information about advances in lupus research and clinical studies, and other relevant news for individuals with an interest in lupus.
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