Low levels of a type of white blood cell called natural killer (NK) cells may help diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in people with systemic sclerosis (SSc), a study in China suggests. In PAH, the blood vessels that supply blood to the lungs, called pulmonary arteries, narrow, restricting…
Autotaxin, a protein involved in wound healing and scarring, or fibrosis, was found at higher levels in women with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) than in men with the condition, per a new U.S. study. According to the researchers, “this study is the first to report sex-specific ……
Zura Bio has launched a Phase 2 trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of tibulizumab, its experimental dual pathway antibody to treat systemic sclerosis (SSc). The TibuSURE trial is expected to enroll as many as 80 adults with early diffuse cutaneous SSc. They will receive tibulizumab…
Fatigue levels in people with scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis or SSc, are tied to several social, demographic, lifestyle, and disease-related factors, according to a study by a multinational team of researchers. Smoking, higher body mass index (BMI) —…
The specific self-reactive antibodies (autoantibodies) of people with systemic sclerosis (SSc) overlap syndrome — a condition in which SSc patients have clinical signs and autoantibodies related to other connective tissue diseases — are tied to organ damage and SSc prognosis, according to a single-center study in China. Patients with…
The Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF) has announced the star-studded lineup for its annual Cool Comedy, Hot Cuisine fundraising event, slated to take place Oct. 29 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The event will be hosted by actor and comedian Jeff Ross, known as the “…
Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who have a stem cell transplant see normalized gene activity related to immune function up to 4.5 years after the procedure. That’s according to recent data from samples in the Phase 2/3 SCOT trial (NCT00114530), wherein the potential benefits of a stem cell…
CONQUEST, a platform clinical trial launched by the Scleroderma Research Foundation (SRF), is now enrolling people with interstitial lung disease associated with systemic scleroderma (SSc-ILD) at centers in the U.S. The study is analyzing two investigational therapies using a master protocol to compare both treatments with a…
Having scleroderma increases the risk of developing diseases affecting blood vessels of the brain or heart, known as cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, a review study found. Relative to controls, the risk of stroke — caused by poor blood flow to the brain — in scleroderma patients was 64% higher,…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status to BLR-200, a medication that BLR Bio — a company stemming from the Helix 51 biomedical incubator at Rosalind Franklin University — is developing for scleroderma. According to Ronald Kaplan, PhD, the…
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