A chronic autoimmune disease of the skin, called scleroderma, is not contagious or infectious and often not harmful. However, when this connective tissue disorder involves any internal organs, it can ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 14 -- arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced today an agreement with The University of Tennessee Research Foundation to license the intellectual property surrounding the use of ...

UVA researcher Blandine Baffert, working in the lab of UVA Health’s Sanja Arandjelovic and collaborating with researchers in France, found immune cells known as macrophages are responsible for the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The last 3 years of drug development in scleroderma have come to represent everything that ails the current ...

Scleroderma Center Director at Stanford University is Keynote Speaker for Free Oregon Education Seminar March 9, 2013 Dr. Lorinda Chung, MD, MS -- Director of the Scleroderma Center and Co-Director of ...

What is the latest research on scleroderma? Find out in this collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Nurses. Acute and chronic renal diseases remain common ...

Sclerodactyly is a tightening and thickening of the skin of the fingers as a result of systemic scleroderma. It can cause the fingers to curl inward and the hands to form a clawed shape. Share on ...

image: Maureen D. Mayes, M.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, was one of the researchers in an international scleroderma research study. view more An international ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When a rare disease strikes, getting a diagnosis can take years, enabling the disease to progress. A young woman from the Mayfair section of Philadelphia details her battle to ...

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 ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that causes the skin to become tight and hard. This can change facial appearance, such as the mouth becoming smaller, and affect internal organs. With ...