July 20, 2015
Keep Beating the Drum to a Lupus Cure - Fund Campaign


You can help keep beating the drum in our drumbeat to a lupus cure. Click here to give today!

The 5K is over this year, but we have updates and photos and T-shirts! See the photos (find yourself?), and buy a T-shirt for just $10 - shipping included - right here. 
Need a Lupus Buddy?



LFNC has launched a new program - the first of its kind in lupus. Our Lupus Buddy Program pairs lupus patients based on level of experience with the disease, stage of life, and needs for the individual patients. Pairs may be individuals with more experience to individuals who are just beginning to learn about lupus, or for individuals at a similar stage of life experience, depending on what is most suited for you.

Learn more, and if you're interested, sign up here. A program coordinator will be in touch with you. Any personal and medical information necessary to make the matches are treated with the highest degree of confidentiality.
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Chinese Researchers test New Lupus Drug They Believe Can Restore Immune Balance
 


The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced that researchers are going to soon begin testing an already approved compound, known as SM934 for its effectiveness in treating lupus. The key draw for this drug for lupus patients is that it is promised to be able to restore immune balance over time.

Lupus is often treated with immunosuppressants, since in lupus, the immune system attacks the body's healthy cells. However, as the lupus community is too aware, these drugs harm the body's ability to fight other infection, resulting in ailments the immune system would be able to fight off otherwise.

In 2011, the United States approved an antibody-based drug to fight the disease [the drug is called Benlysta], however, according to the CAS, access to the drug is very restricted due to its high price. Following more than a decade of investigations, SM934 has been found to "restore the body's immune balance" and to modulate autoimmune responses. If results of these trials show the compound is effective, this could be the first time since 1955 that a drug enters in the [Chinese] market as a lupus treatment. According to the latest epidemiological survey, many million people in China suffer from the condition.

Read more about the new development here.
New Rules for LFNC's Charity Car Drawing: Only 600 Tickets will be sold!


Start Your Engines. Win a 2016 Mercedes-Benz.

One great cause. One beauty of a sedan.

Only 600 tickets will be sold!

Win a Mercedes CLA-250, or $25,000 in cash.


Want it? Get in fast before all 600 tickets sell out!

 

Tickets: $75 per entry. $200 for three (3) or $300 for five (5)

 

Call us at (408) 954-8600 for the fastest way to buy your tickets or complete this form and mail or fax it to us. Remember, the more tickets you buy, the better your chances!

 

When is the giveaway?

As soon as the 600th ticket is sold!

 

The LFNC is making things more fun with our next Charity Car Drawing. We think everyone deserves a chance to win faster, so instead of dragging out the drawing a whole year, we are letting you decide how quickly you want that drawing to happen! Only 600 tickets will be sold, and you can buy as many as you like - but only until we hit the 600 mark. As soon as the 600th ticket is purchased, we will announce a date to pick the lucky winner!