Much of the research on scleroderma, a connective tissue disease that causes scarring, or fibrosis, has focused on the increased number of proteins promoting fibrosis in these patients. A Medical ...

Specialty biotechnology company Gemelli Biotech has announced the launch of a blood test that measures anti-vinculin levels to help physicians identify the risk of gastrointestinal or vascular ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune, rheumatic, and chronic disease that affects the body by hardening connective tissue, according to the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center. For the almost 500,000 people in ...

The anti-interleukin agent romilkimab showed significant benefits on skin fibrosis among patients with systemic sclerosis in a phase II trial, researchers reported. At week 24, the least squares mean ...

CLEVELAND — Every patient with systemic sclerosis should be screened for pulmonary arterial hypertension every year, as early recognition, referral and aggressive treatment are necessary to improve ...

EXTENSIVE clinical data have been accumulated during recent years that support the view that scleroderma is a systemic disease. In addition to cutaneous involvement, which remains the cardinal ...

"Tofacitinib shows promise in scleroderma patients, researchers optimistic for next phase of study." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 / 221006162830.htm (accessed November 25, ...

Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have worse health-related quality of life than patients with other systemic rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus ...

Stephanie Daniels couldn't bend down to put on her socks. She noticed the first symptoms of scleroderma about 2 1/2 years ago while attending St. Edward's University in Austin. The disease's name ...

Fans of Bob Saget are mourning his death this week. Joining the list of celebs and fans pouring out tributes to the "Full House" TV star and comedian is the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF).

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paracrine, Inc., announced today the online publication (ahead of print) of the findings from the STAR I trial in Arthritis & Rheumatology Journal, the official journal of ...

Following the 2017 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting—held in San Diego, California, November 3-8—Medscape spoke with Hospital for Special Surgery rheumatologists Dr Robert F.