Bryant Reid, Founder and Board Chair, of The Reid Foundation for Lupus, Inc. (TRFL) was the featured speaker at the September 12, 2023, meeting of the General Body of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. Also, speaking at the event was Georgia Tech’s Men’s Head Basketball Coach Damon Stoudamire. The meeting was held in…

Bryant Reid, The Reid Foundation For Lupus Chair, met with Dr. Ignacio Sanz, Emory Division of Rheumatology Director, and Dr. Frances Lee, Emory Department of Medicine Associate Professor at The Lowance Center for Human Immunology. The purpose of the Lowance Center for Human Immunology is to understand the immunological and molecular mechanisms responsible for human…

Congratulations to Roberto Duran on his storied hall-of-fame career. He held the world championships in lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight classes. Ring magazine voted him as the fifth greatest fighter of the last 80 years. He was also voted the best lightweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press. The Reid Foundation for…

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JW Therapeutics has received approval from the National Medical Products Administration of China to conduct a Phase 1 / 2 clinical trial of its CAR T-cell therapy, relmacabtagene autoleucel (relma-cel), for people with moderate to severe and/or treatment-resistant lupus. CAR T-cells are genetically altered T-cells that play a role in the immune response. Scientists create…

A high-fat diet may accelerate the development of lupus, worsen lupus symptoms and increase markers of autoimmune disease in lupus-prone mice, according to new research.   READ FULL ARTICLE   Article Credit: Lupus Foundation of America | lupus.org