A new and promising way of classifying the debilitating autoimmune disease scleroderma has been developed by researchers in Australia. Their study, published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology, is titled “Interpretation of an Extended Autoantibody Profile in a Well-Characterized Australian Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma) Cohort Using Principal Components…
A novel way of identifying systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with a high likelihood of digital ulcers could lead to them being given preventive therapy that may greatly benefit the quality and length of their lives. The categorization system is detailed in a study titled “Elucidating the burden of recurrent and chronic digital…
A new case study revealed that long-term treatment with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) led to successful symptom management and disease remission in a patient with CREST syndrome, or limited systemic scleroderma. The study, recently presented at the AABB Annual Meeting in California, is entitled “Benefit of Long-Term Therapeutic Plasma…
iBio, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing plant-based therapies for diseases that include scleroderma, recently presented new data on the company’s anti-fibrotic drug candidate IBIO-CFB03. The data were presented at the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting, recently held in San Francisco, California. IBIO-CFB03 is…
miRagen Therapeutics, Inc, a biopharmaceutical company working to develop microRNA-based therapeutic agents for a range of diseases, recently announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical study assessing MRG-201, the company’s lead anti-fibrotic candidate, in healthy patients. The study has the potential to be extended to patients with cutaneous scleroderma. MRG-201…
Genkyotex, a company focused on developing therapies for hard-to-treat chronic diseases, recently announced that the company’s lead product candidate GKT137831, a drug developed for systemic sclerosis treatment, has been granted Orphan Drug designation by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its counterpart in Europe, the European…
The nonprofit association phaware is dedicated to raising global awareness of a common complication in patients with scleroderma, the chronic lung disease known as pulmonary hypertension (PH). phaware connects with innovative technologies and industry leaders to find new paths to a PH cure and, from one of these collaborations, comes a new mobile app allowing users…
New data recently presented at the 2015 American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Francisco showed that mycophenolate mofitil is as efficient as cyclophosphamide for the treatment of interstitial lung disease in individuals with scleroderma. Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by a…
Researchers at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Stow, Massachusetts, recently reported a clinical case of pulmonary lymphoma in a patient diagnosed with scleroderma. The data was presented at the American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting (CHEST 2015), held Oct. 24–28 in Montreal, Canada, under the title “…
What is it like living with scleroderma? This video takes a look at some of the struggles that patients face when dealing with this life altering autoimmune disease. The video features actor, Jason Alexander; Football Hall of Famer, Barry Sanders; Actor and Comedian, Mark Teich; Author and Personality,…
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