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NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 12(th) annual Lupus Research Institute (LRI) Scientific Conference "Forum for Discovery" brought together more than 60 of the country's top experts in the field to focus their talent on addressing the critical questions in the autoimmune disease lupus. LRI-funded investigators presented new findings on a broad range of topics including genetic factors that predispose certain individuals to lupus, how the lupus immune system turns against...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Whoopi Goldberg, physician and renowned researcher Dr. Michael Lockshin, and humanitarians Judith and Wayne Barlin were honored for their work to improve the lives of people with lupus, at the Lupus Foundation of America's annual Butterfly Gala in New York City on October 18. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121019/DC96318) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120711/DC38337LOGO) Other special guests at the...
The Lupus Foundation of America's Summer Issue of Lupus Now(®) Magazine highlights athlete's journey as a professional soccer player living with lupus WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Shannon Boxx, a 34-year-old professional soccer player from California, has dedicated her life to scoring goals -- both on and off the field. Boxx is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a three-time member of the U.S. Women's World Cup team, and has played for the past three years...
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA), the leading voluntary health organization for people with lupus, convened on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Lupus Caucus and lupus community partners to share with our nation's leaders the current state of lupus research. The Briefing included presentations from lupus experts as well as individuals with lupus, shedding light on this devastating disease and the unique challenges to...
Patients, caregivers face significant financial and professional challenges ROCKVILLE, Md. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Results of a Roper survey of the lupus community highlight that in addition to the physical burdens of lupus, the disease can contribute to significant economic challenges among patients and caregivers. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), caregivers and physicians overwhelmingly agree that career...
NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) is strongly encouraged with today's bipartisan U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding virtually the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010. This historic decision is greatly welcomed news for the 1.5 million Americans living with lupus. In upholding the Act, the Court supported principles the LRI and its National Coalition of patient organizations...
2012 Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Fellowship Program Grantees Awarded WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) is pleased to announce the 2012 Gina M. Finzi Memorial Student Fellowship Program grantees. This unique program, established more than 25 years ago by former LFA President Dr. Sergio Finzi in honor of his daughter Gina who passed away from lupus, seeks to cultivate an interest in lupus research among young scientists by...
New Lupus Insight Prize to be awarded to Outstanding Scientist WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lupus organizations have come together to launch a first-of-a-kind initiative to encourage scientific advances in lupus research. The Lupus Insight Prize, presented in a collaboration among the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR), the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) , and the Lupus Research Institute (LRI), will recognize and honor an outstanding investigator with a...
May 10 is World Lupus Day WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of World Lupus Day, May 10, the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) seeks to shine a light on the significant physical, emotional, and financial burden of lupus. As part of the observance, the LFA and lupus organizations around the globe are urging everyone to sign a pledge to increase awareness of lupus, a devastating and life-altering autoimmune disease that affects at least five million...
NEW YORK, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- East side, West side, all around the town is where the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation is today, getting New Yorkers into the loop for World Lupus Awareness Day. In response to a petition from the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation outlining the critical need for greater recognition of the disease, May 2012 was proclaimed "Lupus Awareness Month" by Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120510/NY04136...
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Lupus (the wolf) Constellation -- Lupus belongs to the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere roughly between DECL=-30 degrees and DECL=-55 degrees and RA=14h 20m and RA=16h 15m, respectively. It is located between Centaurus on the western and Scorpius and Norma on the eastern boundary. In the north Lupus borders on Libra, to the south it tops Circinus. As a part of the Milky Way stretches through Lupus it is an interesting part of the sky for simple stargazing with binoculars....
