New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found no clear association between immunosuppressive or anti-fibrotic medications and ...
Like many autoimmune diseases, systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, can be a challenge to diagnose because its symptoms are varied, can range from mild to debilitating, and often resemble those of ...
An experimental synthetic non-coding RNA drug has reversed signs of systemic sclerosis in patient-derived immune cells and ...
Scleroderma is classified as a rare, autoimmune, collagen-vascular disease of unknown etiology that can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Its onset can be insidious or rapid; the symptoms range from ...
When Dee Burlile was diagnosed with scleroderma in 2016, she didn’t know what it was or how to treat it. She quickly found out that she wasn’t alone. Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune condition that ...
Farmington resident Sheri Hicks was a new mom living in Tucson, Ariz., when her life course changed dramatically. That painful, cracked skin on her fingertips wasn't due to overworked hands, but ...
A new study finds that NAD+ break down leads to multi organ scarring, providing now a previously undiscovered pathogenic role of the enzyme CD38 in disease scarring. Scleroderma, a chronic and ...