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Botulinum toxin has been very popular for reducing wrinkles and more recently for treating painful conditions. The toxin may soon have a new use for another medical condition. Johns Hopkins University researchers are studying whether botulinum toxin can provide relief to people suffering from scleroderma-associated Raynaud’s Syndrome. Scleroderma is…

Italian scientists may have identified a way to improve systemic sclerosis (SSc) symptoms with fat grafts. A recent study titled “Autologous Fat Grafting in the Treatment of Fibrotic Perioral Changes in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis” published in the journal Cell Transplantation showed that…

Researchers at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York reported that adults with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) undergoing lung transplantation in the United States are almost 50% more likely to die within one year than people who have lung disease, transplantion but no…

A collaborative group of researchers, based in Australia and China, have found that early screening for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using two recently developed methods resulted in identification of PAH in 100% of individuals screened. The study, titled A Comparison of the Predictive Accuracy of Three…

Scientists from the Department of Dermatology at the Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan have confirmed that antibodies to a specific enzyme — RNA polymerase III — are associated with scleroderma renal crisis (SRC). RNA polymerase III’s normal function is to convert (transcribe) DNA into RNA. Antibodies to RNA polymerase III are called anti-RNAP…

Researchers at the Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Disease at University College London have found new evidence that could help in understanding how lung blood vessel disease (pulmonary vasculopathy) in systemic sclerosis develops. The study could form the basis for future treatments that block the condition from occurring. The work…