Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, causes the hardening of skin and connective tissues. Often, the disease harms other organs, such as the heart, kidneys, lungs, and gastrointestinal tract, and it ...

Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis refers to a disorder in which the skin and connective tissues of the body start to thicken and harden because of the overproduction of a protein called collagen.

Qureight, an end-to-end imaging CRO that provides enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials with a focus on lung and heart disease, and Mediar Therapeutics (Mediar), a ...

High serum type I interferon (IFN) scores, measured through six chemokines, correlated with poorer lung function and health-related quality of life in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic ...

Systemic sclerosis is a rare connective tissue disorder characterised by autoimmune features with vascular manifestations, ...

AMSTERDAM — For patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, an autoimmune disease for which there are few treatment options, lenabasum (JBT-101, Corbus Pharmaceuticals) shows potential, new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients showed no difference in skin fibrosis whether they were given low-dose oral glucocorticoids or not. One ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Systemic sclerosis was associated with increased cancer risk compared with the general population. The study ...

It is known that vasculopathy plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Vasoactive vasodilating drugs (VVD) are an option. The most recent treatment recommendations from ...

Scleroderma on the face can cause symptoms that may affect your appearance, including the texture, discoloration, and elasticity of your skin. Medications, facial exercises, and dermatological ...

Autologous stem cell transplant for patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc), without selecting for a particular hematopoietic cell type, performed about as well in a new single-arm trial as was ...