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LFNC News
MARIN SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
Saturday, February 15, 2014 from 10:00-12:00
30 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael, CA 94941
Contact: Marilyn Wedner
THE HANGOUT
A support group for young adults with lupus.
Hangout date: Saturday, February 22, 2014
Time: 11:00am
Location: LFNC offices at 2635 N First St, Ste 211, San Jose, CA 95134. Contact: Maggie Madueno, outreach@lfnc.org, 408-954-8600.
(LFNC subchapters and support groups are encouraged to let us know of your scheduled meetings and activities. Please email:
communications@lfnc.org)
5K REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Register, form your team, start raising money online and get started early with the 20th Annual 5K Run & Walk for Lupus! Pre-registration is only $30.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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Have You Entered Our Mercedes Giveaway?
You still have time for the second early bird (a shopping spree!) and of course, the grand prize, a 2014 Mercedes-Benz!
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Please note that the LFNC offices will be closed on February 17, 2014, in observance of President's Day.
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New $41 Million Push for Lupus Drug Discovery Headlined by Lupus Research Institute
 New drug discovery for lupus has been painfully slow. In the last half century, only one new drug has been approved for lupus. The research community is now taking a new look at lupus as a new research push begins with collaboration between the National Institutes of Health, the pharmaceutical industry, nonprofit organizations, and academic communities. The Lupus Research Institute, LFNC's national research partner, is at the helm of the new effort:
The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) and the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) are proud to join the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) launched today to speed new paths to treatment for lupus and autoimmune diseases.
The new $230 million collaboration will harness the collective knowledge and resources among the NIH, biopharmaceutical companies, nonprofit organizations and academic communities. Recognizing that no new targeted therapies exist for severe lupus, the new consortia will work to better understand the disease and uncover new targets for drug development. A total of $41.6 million is allocated specifically to the autoimmune diseases lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
For more on this exciting news, please see here. |
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2013: A Year in Transition - Annual Report Now Available
 Although we are well into our 2014 Fiscal Year, it is important to take a look back and see the impact of LFNC over the past fiscal year. We have now published our Annual Report for the 2013 fiscal year - and we are proud of our achievements. We went to Oakland and San Francisco for some of our best-attended lupus mini-conferences, educated lupus patients, attended five (5) health fairs on a small staff complemented by incredible volunteers, revamped our car giveaway, and more. Please read the report here.
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Photos Now Available for The First Purple Ribbon Awards
Once again, we thank our attendees who made this event such a success, and congratulate our honorees. Please see more updates on the event here.
Now, the fun part. The photos are here! You can see a photo gallery by clicking here. You may download any photo (web resolution) you choose. You may also order high resolution prints by emailing the number of the photo(s) (see below for a demonstration) to communications@lfnc.org or by calling 408-954-8600.
You can find the number of the photo right under the photo in the gallery, as shown below:
The rate for the prints are as follows:
8 x 12 prints are $20 each.
5 x7 prints are $10 each.
4 x 6 prints are $10 each.
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