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Save the date: Dine Out for Lupus - May 14, 2013.
Simply dine out at a participating restaurant (more information coming soon), and your restaurant will donate part of the proceeds to LFNC and lupus research.
November 9
"Moving with Lupus" class in conjunction with Regan Moves (TM). LFNC Office. Learn More.
November 10
Patient Education Class, Spanish, Kaiser Santa Clara
December 18
2012 Lupus Treatment and Research Update (mini-conference), Women's Building, San Francisco
Click here to see our full calendar of events and add them to your own calendar here!
Benlysta Webcast/Teleconference Series
Presented by Human Genome Sciences/GlaxoSmithKline
Nov 28
8pm ET
Tune in from home!
A different lupus-related topic will be addressed each month such as Benlysta and the infusion process, how to strengthen communications with your doctors, tips for managing lupus, and information about financial assistance.
To register for these free events, call 1-877-423-6597
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Investigational Lupus Compound Clinical Trials to Begin in 2013
 The Lupus Research Institute, our national research partner, announced the following last week:
Resolve Therapeutics announced that the company raised enough funds to allow them to test their anti-interferon therapy for lupus in 2013. One of the company's founders, Keith Elkon, MD, is a member of the Lupus Research Institute's Scientific Advisory Board. He is the Mannik-Henderson Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Head, Division of Rheumatology at University of Washington.
"These funds give Resolve the necessary resources to advance our investigational lupus compound RSLV-132 into clinical trials, which we expect to start in mid-2013," said James Posada, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Resolve. "We are excited about this novel new approach to treating lupus, which eliminates the immune complexes that represent one of the central causes of the disease."
Read more. Resolve Therapeutics has secured $5.8 million in private equity funding to conduct clinical trials, which are set to begin next year.
Interferons are proteins that allow for cells to communicate to trigger the defenses of the immune system, and thus anti-interferon therapies may hold a key to treating lupus.
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LFNC Chosen as a Top-Rated Nonprofit of 2012
As a testament to LFNC's commitment to the Northern California lupus community, we were once again chosen this year by Great Nonprofits as a Top-rated Nonprofit. Great Nonprofits is a nonprofit review site, much like Yelp for the for-profit world. The honor is decided by the reviews given to us by those whom we have been privileged to serve and come in contact with. We are both humbled by and proud of this accomplishment, and we want to especially thank the readers of this e-newsletter who have given us great reviews on Great Nonprofits. Even more importantly, we are grateful for the exposure this honor gives to both the Foundation and the cause of fighting lupus.
We will continue to thrive to bridge the gap between life with and life without lupus, educate the broader community about lupus, and serve our patients and their loved ones in both proven and new, innovative ways. Thank you so much for your support.
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Your 2013 Calendar - with Lupus Facts.
12 Lupus Facts. 12 Adorable Puppies. 12 Months. All of them have come together to make this One Awesome Calendar! Our 2013 desk calendar will include a Lupus Fact every month, along with a picture of one of our Mascot Contest contestant puppies from our Run & Walk this year. 12 adorable four-legged contestants entered, and each of them is featured on one month.
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Join Us at Our Winter Mini-Conference
Maria Dall'Era, M.D., will be headlining our conference. Dr. Dall'Era is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Rheumatology Clinical Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also the Director of the UCSF Lupus Clinic, UCSF Center Director of the Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium (LCTC), and Principal Investigator of the California Lupus Surveillance Project (CLSP). Her talk will focus on the latest treatment strategies and research studies on lupus and will share significant updates from the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology to be held in Washington, D.C. in November.
Date and Time:
Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 11 am to 4 pm.
Venue:
The Women's Building, Auditorium
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Registration fee:
$50 for nurses desiring CEU credits (5 CEU credits)
$30 for non-credit attendees
Current LFNC members are entitled to $10 off registration fee. Box lunch included.
No one will be turned away for inability to pay.
Please click here to register. You may also register by mail or fax by completing this form, or by calling us at 408-954-8600.
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Grand Prize: A Mercedes-Benz C300. Plus Two iPads for Early Birds.
This is a great way to help out the Lupus Foundation and support our work in patient services, education and research, you can start buying tickets right away!
Ticket prices are changing a bit this year: you will be able to buy each ticket for $75, three (3) tickets for $200 and five (5) for $300. In addition to the Mercedes, participants who buy their tickets early will also have the chance to win up to two iPads! Early bird drawings will be held on December 14 and March 15.
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