Scientists have found a new piece in the puzzle that explains why B cells self-react in autoimmune disease—and, with it, a potential new treatment strategy. In an article published Sept. 29 in the ...
After years battling scleroderma, Andrew Botieri completed a novel just before undergoing a rare double lung and kidney ...
Sanofi will be the inaugural partner for the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s new clinical trial initiative to advance treatments for the rare autoimmune disorder of the skin and organs. The ...
Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...
In a recent study published in the journal Cell, a team of scientists predominantly from Stanford University discovered that sex-biased autoimmunity, where females are more affected by autoimmune ...
WASHINGTON _ First Bari Martz's fingers turned blue. Then she started gasping for breath, and her joints stiffened so that she couldn't even open her hands. Doctors diagnosed scleroderma, part of an ...
Caroline Graettinger, left, and Taitia Shelow, both of Cecil Township, have been diagnosed with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hardening and thickening of the skin and other organs ...
Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma – a rare and often devastating ...
Research throws light on the mystery of why women are much more prone to autoimmune disorders: A molecule made by one X chromosome in every female cell can generate antibodies to a woman's own tissues ...