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Molecule Linked To Autoimmune Disease Relapses Identified At Stanford
Categorie : LupusThe ebb and flow of such autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis has long been a perplexing mystery. But new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine bring scientists closer to solving the puzzle, identifying a molecule that appears to play a central ...
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Thu Dec 2006
High-Tech Spectroscopy May Be Used To Monitor Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
Categorie : LupusMagnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may provide a noninvasive way to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with lupus, according to results from research in mice at Wake Forest University School of Medicine."This study is the first to demonstrate that MRS is a feasible method to monitor ne ...
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Wed Nov 2006
New Biomarkers For Lupus Found
Categorie : LupusA Wake Forest University School of Medicine team believes it has found biomarkers for lupus that also may play a role in causing the disease.The biomarkers are micro-ribonucleic acids (micro-RNAs), said Nilamadhab Mishra, M.D. He and colleagues reported at the American College of Rheumatology meetin ...
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Tue Nov 2006
La Jolla Limited Withdraws Its Marketing Authorisation Application For Riquent To Treat Lupus Nuphritis
Categorie : LupusThe European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by La Jolla Limited of its decision to withdraw its application for a centralised marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Riquent (abetimus sodium).Riquent was expected to be used to treat lupus nephritis, an inflammation of the kidn ...
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Thu Oct 2006
Spleen Cells May Prove Effective Target for Lupus Treatment (HealthDay)
Categorie : LupusResearch done on mice specially bred to develop lupus has uncovered an area of the spleen that may give rise to the disease. ...
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Tue Sep 2006
HIV/AIDS Therapy Still Effective 10 Years On (HealthDay)
Categorie : LupusTen years after it was introduced, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remains very effective at lowering the risk of AIDS and death in people with HIV, a study in this week's issue of The Lancet finds. ...
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Tue Sep 2006
Stem Cells Transformed Into Immune Cells (HealthDay)
Categorie : LupusNew research into embryonic stem cells suggests great potential for medical advances but also confirms that big breakthroughs aren't waiting just around the corner. ...
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Tue Sep 2006
Lupus News from Medical News Today
Categorie : LupusLatest Lupus news updated throughout the day, every day ...
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Tue Aug 2006
Biomarkers Could Drive Arthritis Research (HealthDay)
Categorie : LupusAn international team of scientists has identified new biomarkers that could help develop improved treatments for spondylarthritis (SpA). ...
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Tue Aug 2006
Cell Therapy Might Boost Babies' Immune Response (HealthDay)
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Tue Aug 2006
Warmer Weather Brings Wheezing, Sneezing (HealthDay)
Categorie : LupusApril showers bring -- the beginning of another allergic asthma season, experts say. ...
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Tue Aug 2006
Two Pivotal Phase III Trials In Lupus, Immunomedics
Categorie : LupusImmunomedics Inc announced patient dosing has begun for the pivotal Phase III clinical trials to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Company's lead drug candidate, epratuzumab, for the treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), known as lupus. Epratuzumab has been ...
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Mon Aug 2006
A candidate biomarker to improve treatment of lupus patients
Categorie : LupusStudy associates high expression of interferon induced genes with increased disease severity, including kidney disease - A chronic disease of the immune system, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) affects approximately 1.5 million people nationwide, according to the Lupus Foundation of America. [clic ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
Categorie : LupusStudy suggests a common viral infection may increase risk of lupus in African Americans. Findings also show that genetic variation may affect the immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in lupus patients. Almost everyone has been infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes family an ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Secere Lupus - Immunomedics' Humanized anti-CD20 Antibody Effective
Categorie : LupusImmunomedics, Inc (Nasdaq: IMMU) today announced that a patient with severe resistant systemiclupus erythematosus (SLE), including the development of human antichimericantibodies (HACA) against rituximab, responded to the Company's new humanizedanti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. [click link for full art ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Lupus Research Institute increases funding for innovative research
Categorie : LupusCommitted to its core belief that original thinking--idea-driven science--is the overarching need in lupus research, the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) is raising its individual novel research grant awards to $300,000. "Despite such encouraging progress as biomarker initiatives and hopeful stirring ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Despite causes of lupus proving complex, critical 'checkpoint' suggesting new therapy is revealed
Categorie : LupusMouse studies yield cause and potential cure, with human studies in progress - Scientists at The Rockefeller University have determined that the autoimmune disease lupus results from a combination of genetics that likely varies from person to person, and that a common "gatekeeper" gene called FCRgII ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Researchers identify pathway that jumpstarts the autoimmune response in lupus
Categorie : LupusPatients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) produce autoantibodies to their own proteins and DNA and the resultant inflammation can cause kidney damage, arthritis, and inflammation of the heart and blood vessels. [click link for full article] ...
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Mon Aug 2006
ZymoGenetics Releases Preliminary Findings From Atacicept (TACI-Ig) Phase 1b Studies In Patients With Lupus
Categorie : LupusZymoGenetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZGEN) today announced preliminary positive results from two Phase 1bclinical trials in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treatedwith atacicept (formerly referred to as TACI-Ig). The results demonstrateda favorable tolerability profile and indicated biologic ...
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Mon Aug 2006
Human Genome Sciences Announces Full Presentation Of Results Of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of LymphoStat-B(TM) In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Categorie : LupusHuman GenomeSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: HGSI) announced today that a Phase 2 clinical trialdemonstrated that LymphoStat-B(TM) (belimumab) significantly reduceddisease activity in patients with serologically active systemic lupuserythematosus (SLE), exhibited clinically relevant bioactivity, and wassafe ...
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Mon Aug 2006
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