Cure4Lupus.org's Blog http://cure4lupus.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/b2a637db43c3b187013969a8d8d8923b?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Cure4Lupus.org's Blog http://cure4lupus.wordpress.com October Newsletter http://cure4lupus.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/october-newsletter-2/ http://cure4lupus.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/october-newsletter-2/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:54:45 +0000 cure4lupus http://cure4lupus.wordpress.com/?p=41 ]]>

View our October 2009 Newsletter: http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter1009.htm

Topics include: Vaccines & Lupus, A Better Doctor’s Visit, Lupus Fundraisers, Cure4Lupus.org Moved, WeAreLupus.org, ButYouDontLookSick.com, Lupus Research News, What’s Hot, Featured Product: 2009 Lupus Awareness Ornament, New and Updated pages.

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Read our August newsletter: http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter809.htm

Topics Include:
Des Moines, IA Fundraiser,
Vitamin D & Lupus,
Donate to Our Walk Team,
BenLysta,
Featured Profile,
Featured Lupus Website,
Lupus Research News,
What’s Hot,
Featured Product,
New and Updated Pages

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This was a great week for Lupus research. Human Genome Sciences, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC announced that BENLYSTA™ (belimumab, formerly LymphoStat-B®) met the primary endpoint in a 52 week study. This is the first of two pivotal Phase 3 trials in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. This was a placebo-controlled study in which BENLYSTA™ showed significant improvement of disease activity when compared to placebo with adverse reaction rates comparable to placebo. The patients taking BENLYSTA™ were also able to reduce their steroid need.

BENLYSTA™ works by inhibiting BLyS. BLyS is a protein required for B-lymphocytes to mature into plasma B cells. Plasma B cells are white blood cells that produce antibodies and in Lupus they produce autoantibodies that attack the body’s own tissues. People with Lupus often have elevated BLyS levels.

The results of the second, longer trial will be announced this fall. If this trial is also successful and BENLYSTA™ gets FDA approval it will be the first new treatment for Lupus in over 50 years and the very first drug developed specifically for Lupus since it’s discovery over a century ago.

While a big step in the treatment of Lupus, this is only the beginning. This is not a cure for Lupus. Lupus is a complex, individualized disease that requires complex, individualized treatments. Much more research and more treatments are needed. BENLYSTA™’s success shows that there is hope and will hopefully help get some momentum going that will eventually lead to a cure!

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Read our July Newsletter: http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter709.htm

Topics Include: Pampered Chef, Lupus in the Media, Donate to Our Walk Team, Product Changes, Orange Ribbons, HuHot, Lupus Research News, Stem Cell Research News, New & Updated Pages

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From July 10-31 you can support Lupus awareness and research by purchasing products from The Pampered Chef. All of our hosting gifts and a portion of every sale made by purchasing from our fundraising page: http://www.pamperedchef.biz/camerongowdy?page=host-search-results&showId=2146135 will be donated to Lupus awareness and research.

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View our June Newsletter here: http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter609.htm

Topics Include:

Get Involved Locally,
Be On Our Front Page,
Walk For Lupus,
Lupus Research News,
Stem Cell Research News,
New & Updated Pages

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Our May Newsletter is out: http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter509.htm

Topics Include:
New Blogs
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Join Our Walk Team
Zazzle
Financial Assistance Available
Free Lupus Awareness Downloads
Lupus Research News
Stem Cell Research News
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http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter309.htm

Topics include: Lupus Events & Support Groups, Dancing at the River’s Edge, Lupus & Stem Cells, Link to Us, WeAre Lupus.org, FaceBook Group, Lupus Research News, Stem Cell Research News, New & Updated Pages.

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http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter209.htm

Topics include: Medication Warnings, Be Part of our Memory Wall, Advocacy Day from Home, New & Updated Pages, Lupus Research News, Stem Cell Research News

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http://cure4lupus.org/newsletters/newsletter109.htm

Topics Include: All New Lupus Designs, Advocacy Day 2009, 2009 Calendars, Lupus Research News, Stem Cell Research News, Your Lupus Story, New & Updated pages.

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