LRI Discoveries Blaze New Paths to Understanding and Treating Lupus
Results Ripple through Field, Transform Research Outlook
In frustration over the glacial pace of discoveries in lupus,
families and scientists formed the Lupus Research Institute with the
conviction that being open to the most brilliant ideas would finally
shake up the field, spur innovation, and generate new understanding of
why and how the lupus immune system attacks the body that it should be
defending.
Now a professional assessment of the
Institute-funded work completed to date reports striking successes for
this pioneering approach. In funding ideas that others wouldn't risk--85
new ideas explored over 3 years each--the LRI has energized and advanced
immune system research in lupus.
"The speed with which the Institute
has changed the outlook for lupus research is remarkable," said William
Paul, MD, Chief, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID-NIH, and Chair of
the LRI's Scientific Advisory Board.
Featured Discoveries:
- Genes that Increase Susceptibility to Lupus
- How Lupus Damanges Organs--Kidneys, Heart, Brain, Skin
- Pathways that Enable Misguided Antibodies to Attack
- Molecules that Determine Control of the Immune System
- Targets for New Treatments
- 20+ New Biomarkers for Diagnosing, Monitoring & Treating Lupus
Click here to read a summary of the scope and impact of the discoveries »
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New Round of LRI Awards Brings Promise of More Breakthroughs
Recipients of the latest round of highly competitive, 3-year $300,000
grants will be working at the laboratory bench as well as through
clinical studies to pursue their unique and powerful hypotheses on why,
in lupus, the immune system so tragically turns against the body it is
designed to defend.
The 12 scientists awarded 2007 grants are working in the following key areas:
Click to read about each of the new grants at LupusResearchInstitute.org » |
Challenges in Translation
Innovation to Clinical Development the Topic at 7th Annual LRI Conference
September 24 - 25, 2007
Panels, Posters and Presentations Foster Idea Exchange and Collaboration at 2-Day Meeting
(Picture at left) Special Dinner Speaker, FDA Deputy Director, Janet Woodcock, MD, explores the challenges in bringing lupus medicines to market.
Special Industry Panel
Moderator, Mary Crow, MD. Participants: Jeff Browning, PhD, of Biogen Idec; Anthony Coyle, PhD,
of Medimmune; Rainer Fuchs, PhD, of Biogen Idec; Arthur Krieg, MD, of
Coley Pharmaceutical Group; and, (pictured at left) Paul Brunetta, MD, of
Genentech and Robert Zivin, PhD, of Johnson & Johnson.
"The key note speaker at dinner and interfacing with pharmaceutical
reps at the panel discussion firmly plants our basic science research
in the pipeline for drug discovery. It's critical that basic scientists
better understand how it all works."
-- LRI Scientist, Marko A. Radic, PhD, University of Tennessee, Memphis
Click here for more »
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Thank Congressman Young!
Send Appreciation to Capitol Hill for Lupus Research Victory by December 15th
 The LRI is calling on lupus advocates from across the country to gather thank you letters for Congressman Bill Young in appreciation of his work in making the 5-Year Research Plan for Lupus a reality at the National Institutes of Health.
Click here to read about the plan »
Add your voice, write your own letter of appreciation, and encourage Congressman Young and his colleagues to keep up the good work! Let them know how important the commitment to lupus research is to you.
Send your letters to the LRI and we'll deliver them directly to Congressman Young's office in Washington, DC.
Email letters to lstegmaier@lupusny.org or mail to:
Thank You Congressman Young! c/o Lupus Research Institute
330 Seventh Ave, Suite 1701
New York, NY 10001
Deadline is December 15, 2007
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This Holiday Season, Shop for Lupus
The LRI has launched the only place to shop online where the money you spend will help to find new treatments and a cure for lupus.
For holiday shopping, start at
ShopforLupus.org. All of your favorite
retailers are there. Just click through to their sites and
a percentage of each purchase will go to the LRI.
Start shopping today!
Click to visit ShopforLupus.org »
To ensure that your purchases go to
support lupus research, you must click through ShopForLupus.org so that the retailer will credit the referral to us.
There is no additional cost to
you or to the Lupus Research Institute.
What better gift can you give than helping your favorite cause?
Have questions? Visit the FAQ page »
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