We are thrilled to announce that we have secured a very generous grant from the Oddfellows. On 28th October they visited the Lupus Trust Research Team, based at London’s Guy’s Hospital to present the first donation of £28,000.

The donation marks the beginning of a major three-year funding partnership, which will total £85,000. The money will be used to directly support the teams research into understanding why the immune system in lupus patients becomes overactive, and how the processes may be reversed.

The project will be led by Professors Jo Spencer and David D’Cruz and will specifically look into the mechanisms underlying the loss of B-cell tolerance in lupus. It sees a new researcher, PhD student Bekki Velounias, joining the team to further its progress.

For the full story and more information on the research please click here.