It's important to be up on the latest news. Here are some recent articles written about the illness.

S.L.E. Lupus Foundation News

• First-Ever Lupus Charity Team So Close to $100K Mark!
• Foundation Mourns Loss of Young Male Athlete to Lupus
• Foundation Saddened by Loss of Another Bright Light to Lupus
• Lupus Research Institute National Coalition Goes to Washington
• Lupus Research Institute Encouraged by Phase 2 Trial Results of Experimental Drug Epratuzumab
• Lupus Research Institute Highly Encouraged by Benlysta™ Trial Results
• Father Breaks Cycling Record To Honor Daughter’s Fight Against Lupus
• S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Honors Meredith Vieira at New York Bag Ladies Luncheon
• Video: Foundation visits Today Show to talk about raising lupus awareness
• Advocacy Results in Congressional Funding Of New National Lupus Health Education Program
• Looking Good, Feeling Good, and Beating the Lupus Body Blues
• EHE International and the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Celebrate Lupus Awareness Month in Rockefeller Plaza
• NY Governor David Patterson proclaims May as Lupus Awareness Month
• S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Partners with HHS and the Ad Council to Launch National Lupus Awareness Campaign
• Floating Among the Clouds in a Goodyear Blimp!
• Time to Focus: Lupus and Your Kidneys
• February is Heart Health Month
• S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Gala Celebrates Families United for a Cure
• Were You at the Pumpkin Festival?
• Extra TV Profiles LRI Supporter Nicole Paxson’s Life-Changing Work for Women with Lupus
• Young Leaders Celebrate a “Night for the Fight” against Lupus
• The S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Visits the NYSE

Our Research News

• Lupus Research Institute Encouraged by Phase 2 Trial Results of Experimental Drug Epratuzumab
• Lupus Research Institute Highly Encouraged by Benlysta™ Trial Results
• Bevra Hahn, MD, comments on the BENLYSTA trial
• Lupus Research Institute Launches Novel Studies in Human Lupus
• Profound Immune System Discovery Opens Door to Halting Destruction of Lupus
• Lupus Research Institute Discoveries Blaze New Paths to Understanding and Treating Lupus
• Lupus Research Institute Advocacy Victory
• More Bright Young Investigators to Research Lupus
• New Website Broadcasts Urgent Need for Lupus Clinical Trials
  Award-Winning Campaign Reaches Thousands
• Listen to Lupus Experts on Trials Before Treatments
• New Round of Lupus Research Institute Awards Brings Promise of More Breakthroughs
• Lupus Research Institute Opens New Directions in Autoimmune Disease Research
• Lupus Research Institute Triggers Cascade of New Links—and Possible Solutions—to Early Heart Disease in People with Lupus
• Foundation Sponsors 20 Young Investigators at 8th International Congress in Shanghai
• Surge in Biomarker Research Signals New Hope for Diagnosing and Managing Lupus
• LRI Leads the Lupus Biomarker Search
• New Investigator Program Fuels Research
• Cautious Optimism on New Drugs for Lupus
• Foundation Responds to Wall Street Journal Article on Young Woman with Lupus and her Tragic Fight for Insurance Coverage
• Tell Congress to Restore Funding to the National Lupus Patient Registry

Lupus in the News

• Human Genome's Lupus Drug Shows Success in Trials; Shares Jump
• Lupus-Relevant Recovery Act Awards
• Study: Bone-building drug blocks effects of steroids
• Birth Control Pills Linked to Lupus Risk
• NIH Recovery Act Program Opportunity for Faculty Development — $100 Million Reserved
• Letter from Dr. Stephen I. Katz: More Funding Opportunities related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Gene linked to lupus might explain gender difference in disease risk
• Phase III Study of Rituxan in Lupus Nephritis Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint
• Rituximab Reduces Kidney Inflammation in Patients with Lupus
• Clinical trial is halted for lupus drug Riquent
• Self-attacking Immune Cells Turned Off in Healthy People; Turned On in Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Related: Journal of Experimental Medicine report: Learning to tolerate ourselves
• Attention to bones important in women with lupus
• Lupus affects the brain very early in the disease
• 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