Lupus Stem Cell Research

Lupus Researcher Dr. Peter Lipsky discusses advances in stem cell research to treat Lupus.

Dr. Alana Levine is a rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, and as a clinician, Dr. Levine references the research that has propelled treatment for those with lupus, and specifically notes work by colleagues at HSS and ALR-funded researchers Drs. Mary K. Crow and Jane Salmon.

A discussion with the ALR's Research Grant Administrator Diomaris Gonzalez about the ALR's unique methodology of awarding research grants for lupus.

A conversation with ALR President Ken Farber about milestones and exciting advances that have happened in the past year.

In our latest Voices of Lupus podcast, we had a very interesting discussion about lupus research with Dr. Robert Carter. As Deputy Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Dr. Carter is an expert in the fields of rheumatology and immunology, with a background both as a researcher and a physician. We talked with him about the role of NIAMS as a research institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and he explained why NIAMS has been interested in lupus research as well as why some areas of lupus research are of particular interest to scientists.

In our latest Lupus Research Update we spoke with Dr. Robert Lahita. As a physician and Chairman of Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, Dr. Lahita has treated hundreds of men with lupus, and has much insight on the subject. Please listen to the new Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) Voices of Lupus podcast featuring Dr. Lahita discussing Lupus in Men.

Our Host Courtney Love talks with 3 Lupus bloggers about their role in spreading awareness.

Dr. Barbara Eberhard talks about lupus in children in this must listen to podcast if you have a child with lupus.

Former ALR Scientific Advisory Board Chairman Joe Craft discuses the current state of Lupus treatments.