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Welcome to the Lupus Chat & Message Boards.
You can use this site for:
Posting messages to other visitors who may have Lupus.
Ask questions to be answered by Lupus chat peers.
Inform others of your experiences with Lupus.
Tell others what treatments have worked for you.
Read the latest Lupus treatment information
and news.
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Lupus News Articles:
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NIH LAUNCHES STUDY OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR SEVERE, TREATMENT-RESISTANT LUPUS
Researchers at the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH) have launched a five- year study to see whether a therapy using transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells, blood stem cells found in bone marrow, can produce long-term remission for patients with severe, treatment-resistant systemic lupus erythematosus (or lupus), a rheumatic autoimmune disease that can affect the body's major organs.
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Immunomedics Reports First Clinical Results with Epratuzumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Immunomedics, Inc.
(Nasdaq: IMMU) reported today that a rheumatology group from the University of
Berlin, Germany, presented their initial Phase II results on eleven SLE
patients given epratuzumab at the 7th International Congress on Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus (SLE) and Related Conditions, being held in New York City.
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Living With Lupus is Not An Easy Road
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease: a long-lasting sickness in which the human immune system, for reasons unknown, becomes hyperactive and turns on its own body, attacking normal, healthy tissues as if they were a virus.
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Immune System's 'Attack Dogs' Kept on Genetic Leash
When they're not busy battling invaders, some of the cells that act as the attack dogs of the mouse immune system have to be kept on a genetic leash to prevent them from mounting inappropriate attacks on the mouse's own tissues, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
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Epstein-Barr Virus and Lupus
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common viruses that infect humans, generally resulting in a very mild and brief illness in children. EBV infection is more common in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) but it is not clear whether this is a cause or effect of a faulty immune system in these individuals.
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New Research Brings Hope to Lupus Patients
The development of new drug candidates that are designed to target the
cause of Lupus may offer patients hope for improved treatments. One of these, Riquent, was just submitted to the FDA for review and potential approval.
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