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Pregnancy with lupus poses unique challenges, so specialized care is important. https://health.usnews.com/conditions/autoimmune-disease/lupus/articles/lupus-and-pregnancy This article is based on reporting that features expert sources. WOMEN WITH LUPUS, AN autoimmune condition, in which a person’s own immune system mistakenly attacks itself, can and do get pregnant and give birth to healthy babies. However, pregnancy with […]

Today, AstraZeneca announced that the Phase III TULIP 2 trial for anifrolumab, a potential new medicine for treatment in adults with moderate-to-severe lupus, met its primary endpoint of achieving a reduction in disease activity versus the placebo. Susan Manzi, MD, MPH, Lupus Foundation of America board chair, co-director of the […]

Delazatide may be effective to control flares in lupus nephritis patients, according to recent data from The Alliance for Children’s Therapeutics (ACT), a pediatric research collaboration between Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the biotech company Kineta, Inc. The results were presented during the recent American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting […]

In a recent commentary titled “Dialogue: Vitamin D, statins and atherosclerotic progression in pediatric lupus” published in BMJ Lupus Science & Medicine, Gary Gilkeson from the Medical University of South Carolina and Sue Manzi from the Temple University School of Medicine discuss the major strengths and limitations in the recent […]