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Genes In The Interferon System Important In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Two genes with very strong associations withthe disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been identified bya team of scientists headed by researchers at the Department of MedicalSciences at Uppsala University. The findings are being published todayon the Web page of the highly prestigious American Journal of HumanGenetics. "These findings are probably the first genetic pieces of ahug...

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New Way To Treat Lupus

Lupus can occur in several forms, but systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)--usually referred to simply as lupus--is the most serious type. It is an incurable disease marked by inflammation and damage to tissue and organs throughout the body, including the joints, skin, heart, kidney and central nervous system. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, meaning the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's...

Leveling Lupus Lesions

Each year, more than 16,000 people develop lupus, a disorder of the immune system. Many of them will develop skin lesions on their face.// Now, there is a new use for an old treatment that eliminates the embarrassment of this common condition. Beverly Gibson says it's been tough living with lupus, a disease that causes the body's immune system to attack its own cells. "It's changed my...

High expression of interferon induces lupus disease

Scientists had been able to find a biomarker that will help in medical practitioners to diagnose lupus disease in their early state only for effective treatment.// Lupus is a condition that happens when the body’s tissues are affected by the body’s own immune system. Patients affected with lupus may produce abnormal antibodies in their blood that may attack the body’s own tissues than...

Oral contraceptives safe for women with Lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus (lupus) is a disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks and damages healthy tissues of the skin, joints and internal organs.// A study has found that women who suffer from this disease can take oral contraceptives safely without any complications like increased risk of flares, or periods of increased disease activity, that characterize the disease....

Biomarkers Found Harmful For Human Lupus

A team of Wake Forest University School of Medicine has found biomarkers for lupus that may play a role in causing the disease. //The biomarkers are micro-ribonucleic acids (micro-RNAs), said Nilamadhab Mishra, M.D. Mr. Mishra and his colleagues reported at the American College of Rheumatology meeting in Washington that they had found profound differences in the expression of micro-RNAs...

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Bio-Rad Helix EIA Lupus Screening Kit

Description:The ANA and ENA assays can be used to screen out patients negative for antinuclear antibodies, which are associated with various systemic rheumatic diseases such as Systemic lupus erythematosus (Lupus), Sjgren's syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, progressive systemic sclerosis, scleroderma, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon. They can also be used in conjunction with...
Company:Bio-Rad Laboratories

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Latex Test

Description:Latex agglutination slide test for the qualitative and semi-qualitative detection of antinuclear antibodies to aid in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erthyematosus....
Company:Inverness Medical Innovations

Lupus Comprehensive Analyzer

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Lupus Erythematous, Tissue

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Lupus Foundation of America Statement on Results for Clinical Study of CellCept Released by Aspreva Pharmaceutical Company

Statement by Sandra C. Raymond, President & CEO of the LupusFoundation of America, Inc. WASHINGTON, June 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The LupusFoundation of America, Inc. and more than 1.5 million Americanswith lupus have been awaiting the preliminary findings of the PhaseIII clinical trials for CellCept(R), a potential treatment forlupus kidney disease being tested by Aspreva...

Aspreva and Roche Announce Preliminary Results for Phase III Study Evaluating CellCept in Lupus Nephritis

VICTORIA, BC, Canada and BASEL, Switzerland, June 27 /CNW/ -Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ASPV; TSX: ASV) andRoche today released preliminary results for a clinical trialcomparing CellCept (oral mycophenolate mofetil, MMF) to intravenouscyclophosphamide (IVC), which is the current standard of care, forinducing treatment response in the induction phase of patientssuffering fro...

Human Genome Sciences Reports That a Phase 2 Study of LymphoStat-B Showed Significant Reductions in Disease Activity in Patients with Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

-LymphoStat-B(R) significantly reduced signs and symptoms of SLEdisease at 52 Weeks and demonstrated durable clinical andbiological activity at 76 weeks- ROCKVILLE, Md., June 14, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HumanGenome Sciences, Inc. today announced the presentation of Phase 2trial data demonstrating that LymphoStat-B(R) (belimumab)significantly reduced disease activity across multiple...

Cellerant Therapeutics Reversed Autoimmune Disease in Lupus Mice with Transplant of Purified Donor Blood Stem Cells

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - CellerantTherapeutics today announced the publication of data suggestingthat established autoimmune disease can be reversed or stabilizedby the transplantation of purified allogeneic (donated)hematopoietic (blood forming) stem cells (HSC) in a mouse study ofSystemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Subjects that underwent thisprocedure exhibited...

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Provides Update on Interim Antibody Results From Riquent Lupus Phase 3 Trial

SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- La JollaPharmaceutical Company today announced updated interim antibodyreduction data for the Phase 3 trial of Riquent(R) (abetimussodium), its drug candidate for systemic lupus erythematosus("lupus" or "SLE"). The updated analyses reinforce the previousconclusion that there is a definitive and significant dose responsebetween the 100 m...

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