In observance of World Scleroderma Day June 29, the Scleroderma Foundation is hosting a virtual variant of its “Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma Walk-a-thon.” The event provides an opportunity to join in a virtual walk in memory or honor of loved ones affected by scleroderma. The World…
The 4th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress, organized by the World Scleroderma Foundation (WSF), will run Feb. 18–20 at the Lisbon Congress Center in Lisbon, Portugal, and Scleroderma News Today will be there to cover and report on the proceedings The first three Systemic Sclerosis World Congresses — held…
New York based iBio, Inc. a biotech firm specializing in plant-based biotechnology for developing and manufacturing biological products and offering pharmaceutical product applications using its iBioLaunch platform, recently announced a new patent to aid in their development of a novel IPF therapy. The iBioLaunch gene expression platform is a…
Controlling procedural pain in the debridement of scleroderma-associated digital ulcers led to better outcomes and treatment adherence among patients, according to recent research. Originally described at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2013, the study monitored treatment of 51 digital ulcers in 32 systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients at…
Scleroderma is a rare, chronic rheumatic disease, combined forms of which, including localized, systemic, and related conditions, affecting an estimated 300,000 Americans, primarily females who are 30 to 50 years old at onset. The overall occurrence of Scleroderma is 1 per 1,000 (.1% of the 310 million U.S. population)…
Scleroderma patients should be screened every year for pulmonary hypertension, even if they are recently diagnosed and have no respiratory symptoms, according to one of the foremost research authorities on the disease. Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic…
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