There are currently 1.5 million Americans living with lupus, a chronic, autoimmune disease of inflammation and flares, where the immune system turns on itself and attacks healthy tissue and organs, for reasons not yet fully understood. While treatments come out every year, many patients still experience uncontrolled disease activity and painful flares. Currently, there are no affordable or easy tools to manage lupus on a regular basis.
Around the country, people living with lupus are joining the LIFT study to help researchers develop an at-home blood test they can use to monitor their lupus disease activity.