INFO - 2007: A watershed year for lupus research and education

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Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

2007: A Watershed Year for Lupus Research and Education

December 28, 2007

Advances in Lupus Research Give Hope for a Better

Quality of Life for 1.5 Million Americans with Lupus

2007 was a year of significant achievement in the fight against lupus, an

unpredictable and potentially fatal disease that affects more than 1.5

million Americans and at least five million individuals worldwide. Public

and private funding for lupus research greatly expanded, and new efforts

were initiated to bring greater public awareness to lupus and its often

devastating consequences.

Promising new targets for treatment were presented at major scientific

conferences this past year as links between the laboratory and the clinic

began to emerge. Most notably, several pharmaceutical companies are

targeting an inflammatory pathway that has in recent years been recognized

as critical in lupus, in hopes of developing new drug candidates.

The largest sources of funding for research on lupus - the federal

government and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries - each

boosted their support during the past year.

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