EARLY DIAGNOSIS of the potentially fatal disease scleroderma is essential if patients are given a chance to survive, a conference was told at the weekend. Scleroderma is an incurable and potentially ...

The drug tofacitinib was well tolerated among patients with early scleroderma, primarily affecting the protein interferon both in fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Researchers say the drug is safe and ...

DESTIN, Fla. — Detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis calls for early and aggressive action, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology ...

Researchers found a unique immune cell plays a key role in the chronic inflammation and scarring in the lungs and skin of people with scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis. After injecting mice with ...

NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Ten new research grants on scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) have been funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and ...

Scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease characterized by skin thickening and internal organ fibrosis, has long posed significant therapeutic challenges. With limited treatment options historically ...